The Loire Valley is France's most diverse wine region, producing exemplary wines in every style. Popularity of Loire Valley wines with sommeliers and wine writers has been growing steadily for the last ten years because for all their variety, Loire Valley wines share important characteristics that make them perfect for contemporary taste.

    Moderate alcohol, refreshing acidity and minerality make them ideal food wines
    Pure expression of varietal and terroir unmasked by oak
    Excellent value

    Explore the Valley to discover wines by region and varietal or select a tag to experience Loire Valley wines by color.

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    Anjou

    AOC/AOP by decree dated 31st December 1957, amended 15th November 2011 Vineyard Location The Anjou appellation area extends across 128 communes in Maine-et-Loire, 14 in Deux Sèvres and 9 in…
    Red Sparkling White

    Anjou Coteaux de la Loire

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 26 August 1946, amended 14th November 2011   Vineyards Location: This integral part of the Anjou noir area covers approximately 30 hectares of the south eastern…
    White

    Anjou Villages

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 14th October 1987, amended September 9th 2011 Vineyard Location The  appellation  area  extends across  43  communes  in  Maine-et-Loire  and 3 in Deux-Sèvres. The area encompasses the…
    Red

    Anjou Villages Brissac

    Appellations Anjou-Villages, Anjou-Villages Brissac A selection of the best vineyard parcels within the larger Anjou AOC, these two appellations specialize in savory Cabernet Franc-based wines that improve with 4-6 years…
    Red

    Bonnezeaux

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 6th November 1951, amended 24th October 2011   Vineyard Location The Bonnezeaux appellation lies wit’hin a small part of a single commune – Thouarcé – on…
    White

    Cabernet d’Anjou

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 14th November 1936, amended 15th November 2011 Vineyard Location The Cabernet d’Anjou and Rosé d’Anjou appellations overlap with the AOC Anjou area Vineyard area 5,710 ha.…
    Rosé

    Chinon

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 31st July 1937, amended 17th August 2016 Vineyards Location: The Chinon appellation encompasses 26 communes on both sides of the Vienne up to the point where…
    Red Rosé White

    Coteaux de l’Aubance

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 18th February 1950, amended 24th October 2011   Vineyards Location: This area was formed as a result of erosion by the Loire and its tributary the…
    White

    Coteaux de Saumur

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 21st April 1962, amended 8th June 2011   Vineyards Location: The Coteaux de Saumur vineyards lie along the Cretaceous cuesta on the south western edge of the Paris basin,…
    White

    Coteaux du Layon

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 18th February 1950, amended 23rd November 2011   Vineyards Location: The Coteaux du Layon appellation covers an area of 20 communes in Maine et Loire along the…
    White

    Coteaux du Layon 1er Cru Chaume

    CF cahier des charges AOP Coteaux du Layon   Vineyards Location: The Premier Cru Chaume appellation area lies within a single commune – Rochefort sur Loire– in the Maine et Loire…
    White

    Coteaux du Layon Villages

    Appellations Coteaux du Layon, Coteaux du Layon “Villages” These regions are dedicated exclusively to the production of sweet white wines. While delicious when released, they can age from five years…
    White

    Coteaux du Loir

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 12th May 1948, amended 7th October 2011   Vineyards Location: The Coteaux du Loir appellation covers 16 communes in the Sarthe département and 6 in Indre-et-Loire. Vineyard…
    Red Rosé White

    Coteaux du Vendômois

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 2nd May 2001, amended 24th October 2011   Vineyards Location: The Coteaux du Vendômois vineyards lie in the Loir and Cher département in the Loir valley to…
    Red Rosé White

    Coteaux d’Ancenis

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 27th August 1973, amended 7th December 2011 Vineyard Location The Coteaux d’Ancenis  vineyards  lie  on both  sides   of   the   Loire   to   the   East of Nantes, mainly …
    Red Rosé White

    Coulée de Serrant

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 26th August 2015   Vineyards Location: Harvesting, vinification, production and aging all take place within the commune of Savennières in the Maine-et-Loire département. Vineyard area: 7…
    White

    Crémant de Loire

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 17th October 1975, amended 23rd September 2011   Vineyards Location: Crémant de Loire AOP is grown and produced in the same areas as AOP Anjou, Touraine and…
    , , Rosé Sparkling

    Crus du Muscadet

    Production Specifications for AOP Muscadet Sèvre et Maine The Crus Communaux sit on the top rung of the Muscadet quality ladder. Clisson, Gorges, Le Pallet, Goulaine, Château Thébaud, Monnières Saint-Fiacre…
    White

    Gros Plant du Pays Nantais

      AOP/AOC by decree dated 16th November 2011 Vineyard Location The Gros Plant du Pays Nantais terroir extends across the whole of the Nantais   vineyards,  from   Ancenis    to Pornic. There…
    White

    Haut-Poitou

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 22nd September 2011   Vineyards Location: The vineyards extend over 30 communes in the Vienne department and a single one in Deux-Sèvres, growing on an undulating…
    Red Rosé White

    Jasnières

    AOC by decree dated 31st July 1937, amended 17th November 2011   Vineyards Location: The Jasnières appellation extends across two communes in the Sarthe département, Lhomme and Ruillé-sur-Loir. Vineyard Area: 70…
    White

    Muscadet

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 23rd September 1937, amended November 16th 2011. VINEYARD Location This vineyard area at the western extremity of the Loire Valley is bordered to the north by…
    White

    Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire

    AOP/AOC par décret original du 14 novembre 1936, modifié le 14 novembre 2011 Vineyard Location Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire lies in the Ancenis region, on both banks of the…
    White

    Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 29th December 1994, amended 9th November 2011 Vineyard   Location Muscadet  Côtes  de  Grandlieu  lies south west of Nantes, covering covers 19 communes in the Herbauges,…
    White

    Muscadet Sèvre et Maine

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 14th November 1936, amended 9th November 2011 Vineyard Location The Muscadet Sèvre et Maine area extends across some twenty communes to the south east of Nantes.…
    White

    PGI Val de Loire

    Protected Geographical Indication (IGP) since August 2009 Vineyards Location Production of Loire Valley  IGP wines is permitted across 14 Departments in the  Loire Valley  winegrowing region, namely Loire  Atlantique, Vendée,…
    , , , Red Rosé White

    Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru

      AOP/AOC by decree dated 10th August 1954, amended 22nd November 2011   Vineyard Location The Quarts de Chaume appellation area lies in a small part of a single commune…
    White

    Rosé de Loire

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 4th September 1974, amended 20th October 2011 Vineyard Location The Rosé de Loire appellation extends  across  the  Anjou  and  Touraine AOC areas.   Vineyard area 900…
    , Rosé

    Rosé d’Anjou

    AAOP/AOC by decree dated 14th November 1936, amended 15th November 2011 Vineyard Location The Cabernet d’Anjou and Rosé d’Anjou appellations overlap with the AOC Anjou area Vineyard area 1,890 ha…
    Rosé

    Saint-Nicolas-De-Bourgueil

    AOP/AOC by decree dated April 31st 1937, amended September 22th 2011 Vineyards Location: This appellation follows the boundaries of the village its vineyards of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil; are planted in the west…
    Red Rosé

    Saumur

    Saumur is the heart of the Loire wine business; most leading regional merchants have their offices in the area. Rich in the region’s famed tuffeau, this calcareous rock was quarried…
    Red Rosé Sparkling White

    Saumur Brut

    Vineyards Location: The Saumur sparkling wine production area overlaps the Saumur appellation area but extends further to the west, corresponding to the old Saumur administrative district. Vineyard area: 1,260 ha. History: Saumur enjoys…
    Rosé Sparkling

    Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame

    See production specifications for AOP Saumur   Vineyards Location: Puy-Notre-Dame lies 20km south of Saumur, and is the region’s highest point. The boundaries of the Saumur Puy-Notre- Dame appellation are…
    Red

    Saumur-Champigny

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 31st December 1957, amended 8th June 2011 Vineyards Location: The name Champigny can be added to some of the Saumur appellation’s greatest red wines, made in the…
    Red

    Savennières

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 8th December 1952, amended 9th September 2011.   Vineyards Location: The area includes only three communes south of Angers on the right bank of the Loire –…
    White

    Savennières Roche aux Moines

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 23rd November 2011 Vineyards Location: Harvesting, vinification, production and aging all take place within the commune of Savennières in the Maine-et-Loire département. Vineyard area: 20 ha. History: The Savennières…
    White

    Touraine

    A large and varied region, Touraine produces wines in every color – white, rosé and red – from an expansive palette of grape varieties.   Vineyard Location: This appellation stretches…
    Red Rosé Sparkling White

    Touraine Amboise

    Vineyards Location: The Touraine Amboise vineyards lie upstream from Tours, and include 6 communes on the right bank of the Loire and 3 on the left bank. Vineyard Area: 180 hectares History:…
    Red Rosé White

    Touraine Azay-le Rideau

    Vineyards Location: The appellation extends across six communes on the banks of the Indre and the Loire, close to where the rivers meet. Vineyard area: 40 hectares History: The Azay-le-Rideau vineyards are almost…
    Rosé White

    Touraine Chenonceaux

    See details for AOP Touraine   Vineyards Location: The Touraine Chenonceaux appellation vineyards grow on slopes on either side of the river Cher. Once the grapes are harvested, the wines are vinified…
    Red White

    Touraine Mesland

    Vineyards Location: The Touraine-Mesland appellation area lies on the right-hand bank of the Loire, just downstream from Blois and opposite Château de Chaumont with its internationally-acclaimed gardens, parkland and landscape management areas.…
    Red Rosé White

    Touraine Noble-Joué

    AOC by decree dated 19th April 2001, amended 8th June   Vineyards Location: Between the Indre and the Cher, south of the Tours conurbation Vineyard area: 35 ha. History: There is evidence that…
    Rosé

    Touraine-Oisly

    See details for AOP Touraine   Vineyards Location: The Touraine-Oisly appellation area encompasses 10 communes at the heart of Sologne’s winegrowing country, on the vast plateau of land between the Cher…
    White

    Vouvray

    AOP/AOC by decree dated 8th December 1936, amended 8th June 2011   Vineyards Location: The appellation area begins at the eastern edge of the Tours conurbation and extends through 7 communes…
    Sparkling White

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