2021 | Domaine Sautereau Sancerre Rouge | Loire | France

The other side of Sancerre — tenth-generation Pinot Noir, silky and Loire-cool, from an organic-minded grower.

Most people know Sancerre as white; the reds are the region's insider secret. David Sautereau, tenth generation in Crézancy, makes this bottling from 100% Pinot Noir grown on the same limestone slopes as his celebrated whites, trained in Burgundy and now farming organically. It's light-footed, perfumed Loire Pinot of real charm.

Grower-made Sancerre Rouge is a genuine rarity on US shelves. Pure Pinot Noir off Kimméridgian limestone, from a 10-generation family → red Burgundy of this pedigree costs multiples more → at $42.99 you're drinking silky, cool-climate Pinot with a story.

• 100% Pinot Noir
• Sancerre Rouge, Loire Valley — Crézancy limestone
• David Sautereau, 10th-generation; converting to organic
• The same acclaimed terroir as his Sancerre Blanc

Bright red cherry and wild strawberry over fine, cool-climate tannins and chalky Loire minerality. Translation: a lithe, perfumed Pinot Noir — chill it lightly and pour it with salmon, duck or a cheese board.

A rare grower Sancerre Rouge from a ten-generation house, made the honest way. Exactly the bottle to surprise the Pinot lovers at your table.