Loire Valley

The Loire Valley is one of the main and largest wine-growing regions in France extending along the entire Loire River, from the inland hills of Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes. The vast size of the region makes it impossible to summarize its terroir succinctly so much so that it has become necessary to divide the Loire into a series of smaller regions. Here a vast range of quality wines are produced, with different characteristics, versatile, suitable for every need and taste. The climate, relatively continental in the upper reaches of the river, becomes decidedly maritime as the river approaches the Atlantic coast. The terrains also vary considerably as the river flows gently through the countryside; the hard granite of the Côtes du Forez is strikingly different from the flint and limestone around Sancerre and Pouilly-sur-Loire, and even more so from the soft, crumbly tuffeau of Anjou.

White wines represent the vast majority of production in the region: the main white grape varieties used to make the whites of the Loire Valley are Sauvignon Blanc , Chenin Blanc, Melon de Bourgogne. Among the most famous wines we certainly remember Sancerre , produced from pure Sauvignon Blanc grapes; Vouvray and Chinon , from Chenin Blanc; Muscadet , which represents the most classic pairing with oysters, obtained from Melon de Bourgogne grapes.

Haut-Poitou AOP Sauvignon Blanc Fossile 2024 Marquis de Goulaine

Pouilly-Fumé AOC Le Champ des Vignes 2024 Marquis de Goulaine

Touraine AOC Sauvignon Blanc Chapitre 1 2023 Les Quatre Piliers

Côteaux du Giennois AOP 2023 Château de La Chaise

Vin de France Orphée 2019 Les Poëte

Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine AOC Classic 2023 Domaine de l'Ecu

Vin de France Cabernet Franc Mephisto Domaine de l'Ecu

Bonnezeaux AOC La Chapelle 2015 Château de Fesles

Chinon AOC Le Domaine 2023 Bernard Baudry

Val de Loire IGP Sauvignon Blanc Petit Bourgeois 2023 Henri Bourgeois

Savennières AOC Le Bel Ouvrage 2020 Domaine Laureau

Vin de France Chenin Blanc Les Plantes 2023 Château de Bonnezeaux

Anjou AOC Blanc Effusion 2022 Patrick Baudouin

Vin de France Chenin Blanc La Montagne 2023 Château de Bonnezeaux

Vin de France Chenin Blanc Inter-Val 2023 Château de Bonnezeaux

Anjou AOC Blanc 2023 Thibaud Boudignon

Vin de France Chenin Blanc Les Coqueries 2022 Château de Bonnezeaux

Domaine Huet, Vouvray, Petillant Brut Reserve France Loire Vouvray 2009, 6 x 0,75 ℓ bottles