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Anjou-Saumur

Anjou-Saumur covers 23 producers across eleven appellations: Saumur-Champigny, Saumur, Saumur-Puy-Notre-Dame, Savennières, Savennières-Roche-aux-Moines, Savennières-Coulée-de-Serrant, Anjou, Coteaux du Layon, Quarts de Chaume, Bonnezeaux, and Chaume.

Place
Anjou-Saumur · Loire · France
Wine context
Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc
Producers
38
Editorial basis
World of Wine subregion guide
Atlas locationAnjou-Saumur · Loire47.27° N · 0.11° W
Grape focus
Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc
Places named here
Varrains · Chacé · Chaintres · Dampierre-sur-Loire · Saumur · Savennières · Beaulieu-sur-Layon · Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay · Thouarcé · Doué-la-Fontaine · Faye-d'Anjou · Rochefort-sur-Loire
Appellations
Saumur-Champigny · Savennières · Quarts de Chaume · Bonnezeaux · Coteaux du Layon · Anjou-Villages Brissac

Elsewhere in Loire

Continue through the region

  1. Centre-Loire33 producersCentre-Loire anchors the Loire map with a focused Sauvignon Blanc story, spread across three closely related appellations on the river's eastern reaches.
  2. Pays Nantais12 producersPays Nantais anchors the Loire at its Atlantic edge, producing Muscadet from the vineyard zone around Nantes. Six producers from Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine are included.
  3. Touraine43 producersTouraine covers ten appellations: Chinon, Bourgueil, and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil for Cabernet Franc; Vouvray and Montlouis-sur-Loire for Chenin Blanc; Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny for blended whites and Romorantin; Jasnières for northern Chenin Blanc; and generic Touraine plus Touraine-Chenonceaux.

Producer profiles

Producers in Anjou-Saumur

  • AmpelidaeAmpelidae is a Loire Valley producer established from a small vine parcel in Marigny-Brizay, with Sauvignon Blanc and sparkling wines listed.
  • Cave Robert et MarcelLoire cooperative in Bellevigne-les-Châteaux associated with a Cabernet Franc Crémant de Loire rosé and Vouvray De Chanceny Brut.
  • Caves des PerrièresCaves des Perrières is a Loire producer listed with a 2024 Pouilly-Fumé marked by pronounced minerality and nutty tones.
  • Château de FeslesChâteau de Fesles makes Bonnezeaux Chenin Blanc alongside dry whites, Crémant and Cabernet Franc from 43 planted hectares.
  • Château SoucherieChâteau Soucherie presents Loire whites through the dry, lemony Clos des Perrières and the concentrated, fresh Chaume Premier Cru.
  • Château YvonneChâteau Yvonne makes Saumur-Champigny La Folie from a revived Loire estate farmed organically and biodynamically.
  • Complices de LoireLoire partnership making plot-based organic wines across appellations from Sancerre to Saumur.
  • Domaine Arnaud LambertDomaine Arnaud Lambert makes Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc around Saumur, with Brézé bringing lifted, mineral whites and lighter reds, and clay-heavy Saint-Cyr giving Cabernet Franc more weight and tannin.
  • Domaine aux MoinesDomaine aux Moines has a 12-hectare holding in Savennières-Roche-aux-Moines under Tessa Laroche, with slow pickings and indigenous yeasts.
  • Domaine de la ClartièreFamily domaine in Nueil-sur-Layon making Chenin Blanc wines, from floral Terres de Paillé to off dry Cuvée Pierrot.
  • Domaine des MaillochesA Restigné Demont family domaine with eight generations of vineyard work and a named Vieilles Vignes red from Touraine.
  • Domaine des Roches NeuvesVarrains domaine working Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc across tuffeau limestone with organic and biodynamic farming.
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  • Domaine du Petit ClocherAnjou family domaine making Chenin Blanc, Cabernet reds, rosé and sweet Coteaux du Layon.
  • Domaine Eric MorgatDomaine Eric Morgat is a leading Savennières vigneron, represented here by white wines from the Anjou-Saumur appellation.
  • Domaine GuiberteauSaumur domaine farming organic vineyards in Brézé, with dry Chenin Blanc and Saumur Rouge.
  • Domaine Les Clos MauriceA 21 hectare estate in Varrains, at the heart of the Saumur-Champigny appellation, Domaine Les Clos Maurice works with Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc across still red, white, rosé and sparkling wines. Organic and biodynamic farming, plus a significant 2017 partnership with Nicolas Reau, shape the current range.
  • Earl Domaine de NoireOrganic Chinon domaine where hand harvested grapes meet indigenous yeasts and a Chenin Blanc Amphora aged in terracotta.
  • Langlois-ChateauSaint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent house focused on Crémant de Loire, with Chenin Blanc at the centre and extended lees ageing.
  • Le Fief NoirLe Fief Noir is a 30-hectare estate in Saint-Lambert du Lattay, at the heart of Anjou Noir, founded by oenologists Dominique Sirot and Alexis Soulas in 2014. Chenin Blanc, Pineau d'Aunis and organic, hand-harvested fruit are shaped through indigenous fermentation and neutral-vessel ageing.
  • Moulin TouchaisSweet Chenin Blanc from Coteaux du Layon, picked in successive passes and released only after long bottle ageing.

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