Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Centre Loire of Centre Loire as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet 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.
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.
sweet wines from the region of Centre Loire go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of squid with garlic and parsley, onigirazu or grandma's cherry clafoutis.
On the nose in the region of Centre Loire often reveals types of flavors of orange, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth in the region of Centre Loire is a with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
