Domaine de Pallus is a small estate in Chinon, the Loire's heartland for Cabernet Franc. 'Les Pensées de Pallus' is their top wine, from old vines on clay-limestone slopes — a serious, earthy red that shows what this grape can do when grown carefully in the Loire.
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Drink windowPast its window (2013–2024)
Typical retail~$28
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