- 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
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.