Top 100 wines of Basse Loire

Discover the top 100 best wines of Basse Loire of Centre Loire as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Basse Loire and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Basse Loire

The Loire Valley is a key wine region. .

Discover the grape variety: Grolleau

Grolleau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches of grapes of medium size. Grolleau noir can be found in several vineyards: Loire Valley, South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Basse Loire

wines from the region of Basse Loire go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of shrimp with curry express, tapenade with green olives or gratin of cod with spinach.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Basse Loire

On the nose in the region of Basse Loire often reveals types of flavors of cream, hay or rhubarb and sometimes also flavors of ripe strawberries, cranberry or raspberry. In the mouth in the region of Basse Loire is a with a nice freshness.

News from the vineyard of Basse Loire

Decanter magazine latest issue: February 2022

Inside the February 2022 issue of Decanter Magazine: FEATURES: Wines of the Year An extraordinary tasting, our best ever, of 126 wines put forward by Decanter’s experts and staff, resulted in these 51 top-scorers Your choice: why you bought that wine But was it really? Rolfe Hanson uncovers a host of decision makers involved in you picking that one bottle Burgundy 2020: vintage report Charles Curtis MW on the standout wines of this exceptional if hot year Producer profile: Château-Grillet Matt ...

Família Torres establishes new base in Galicia

Torres is best known for producing wines across Spanish regions including Catalunya, Rioja and Ribera del Duero. It also has an international presence with Miguel Torres in Chile and Marimar in Sonoma, California, but for more than a decade it has been producing wines in Galicia too. This aspect of its portfolio started with the purchase of a 6ha vineyard in the Salnés subregion, producing the upmarket wine Blanco Granito based on Rías Baixas’ star variety, Albariño. The wine is made from a uniq ...

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

Top wines in regions and sub-regions of Basse Loire