Retour Domaine Pellé - Menetou-Salon - Le Carroir - White - 2023
COUNTRY/REGION: Loire Valley
DESIGNATION: AOP Menetou-Salon
COLOR: White
VINTAGE: 2023
GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Sauvignon
ALCOHOL: 13 vol.
CONTENT: 75 cl
The tasting
Color Golden brown.
Nose Fresh with peppery notes.
Palate A cuvée with a taut, energetic structure, delivering a pure, restrained, and powerful expression on the palate.
The sommelier's advice
Temperature Serve between 10 and 12°C
Food Pan-fried prawns, fillet or steak of pike-perch in a white butter sauce.
Cellar ageing From now until 2030
The estate and the wine
The estate and the wine A benchmark estate in Menetou-Salon and awarded one star by La Revue du Vin de France—a leading French wine publication—Domaine Pellé is one of the Loire Valley’s standout names.

Since 2008, Pierre-Henry Pellé has brought a meticulous approach to every detail, from biodynamic farming to precise parcel selection and carefully managed aging. The result is a range of cuvées that reflect the unique character of their terroirs with remarkable clarity.

What sets the estate apart is the consistency across the board: crisp, precise Whites and deeply structured Reds built to age beautifully.
Wine Sourced from 50-year-old vines rooted in sandy, flinty soils, the 2023 Menetou-Salon Le Carroir White is a striking reflection of its terroir. Still youthful, it shows a touch of austerity that speaks to its serious structure and aging potential. The wine pulses with energy, offering subtle aromatics and a streamlined, focused palate that’s both refined and vibrant.
Vinification Hand harvested, fermented in wooden vats, barrels and stainless steel vats, aged on lees in casks, mainly in barrels and in stainless steel vats.

Certified organic wine.
AWARDS
AWARDS Estate rated 1 star in the Guide Des Meilleurs Vins de France 2025 RVF
Estate rated 3 stars in the Guide Bettane+Desseauve 2025
Guide B+D 2025: 92/100