Discover the top 100 best white wines of Côteaux du Layon of Centre Loire as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the white wines that are popular of Côteaux du Layon and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Loire cradle of Anjou's great sweet wines (left bank of the Layon): signature Chenin Blanc as exclusive white king — off-dry to botrytised sweet with notes of quince, apricot, candied pineapple, mango, honey, beeswax, dried fruits and a saffron touch, chiselled acidity balancing the sugar, exceptional ageing (20-50 years). "Sélection de Grains Nobles" mention at the summit. AOC (1950), ~1,400 ha across 27 villages, slaty schists, Layon mists favouring Botrytis cinerea.
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
white wines from the region of Côteaux du Layon go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of shrimp in coconut milk, fillet of pollock with mushrooms in white wine sauce or grandma's cherry clafoutis.
