Discover the top 100 best red wines of Centre Loire of Centre Loire as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Centre Loire and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Emblematic upper Loire vineyard (Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé, Quincy, Reuilly, Menetou-Salon, Coteaux du Giennois, Châteaumeillant, Pouilly-sur-Loire). Sauvignon Blanc: the signature white, taut and expressive with vivid citrus, grapefruit, boxwood, white flowers and a smoky-mineral edge (Pouilly flint), brilliant acidity. Pinot Noir: the signature red, elegant and silky with cherry, sour cherry and floral hints, and in lively rosés. A world reference for Sauvignon Blanc.
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
red wines from the region of Centre Loire go well with generally quite well with dishes of lamb, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of lamb mice confit in port wine, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or caramel chicken.
On the nose in the region of Centre Loire often reveals types of flavors of smoke, red fruit or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of forest floor, black cherries or plum. In the mouth in the region of Centre Loire is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
