Chateau de Sancerre

Château de Sancerre was bought in 1919 by Louis-Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle, inventor of the orange liqueur Grand Marnier, as a tribute to Sancerre, his birthplace in the Loire Valley, France. He restored the estate's medieval Tour des Fiefs, a stone tower with a spiral staircase overlooking the vineyard, and the property remained under his family's ownership for close to a century before being sold to Loire producer Maison Ackerman in 2017.

Sancerre appellation rules require red and rosé wines to be made entirely from Pinot Noir, and Château de Sancerre's Rouge follows that tradition, grown on the appellation's characteristic flinty and limestone soils. It offers a lighter, more elegant style of Pinot Noir than warmer regions typically produce, reflecting the Loire's cool continental climate and the appellation's famously chalky terroir.