The best wines of Basse Loire

Discover the best wines of Basse Loire of Loire Valley as well as the best winemakers of Basse Loire and estates of Basse Loire to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Basse Loire and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Basse Loire by region

Looking for a good wine of Basse Loire of Loire Valley among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Basse Loire. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Basse Loire with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Basse Loire

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Want to buy a red wine of Basse Loire cheap or sell a red wine of Basse Loire at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Basse Loire

Red wines from the region of Basse Loire go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of vegetable noddles, cajun jumbalaya rice or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Basse Loire

On the nose the red wine of the region of Basse Loire. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, blackberry or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, licorice or plum.

The best vintages in red wine of Basse Loire

  • 2013With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.68/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Basse Loire

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Grolleau
  • Malbec
  • Grenache
  • Merlot

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Basse Loire

A wine route planned in the region of Basse Loire? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Basse Loire.

Discovering the wine region of Basse Loire

The Loire Valley is a key wine region. .

Great white wines of Basse Loire

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Basse Loire

White wines from the region of Basse Loire go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of homemade burger, fish fondue or garantita or karantita (algerian recipe).

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Basse Loire

On the nose the white wine of the region of Basse Loire. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, ginger or floral and sometimes also flavors of spices, oak or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Basse Loire. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Basse Loire

  • 2004With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.69/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Basse Loire

  • Melon de Bourgogne
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Folle Blanche

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Basse Loire

A wine route planned in the region of Basse Loire? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Basse Loire.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Great sparkling wines of Basse Loire

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Basse Loire

Sparkling wines from the region of Basse Loire go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of sauté of lamb with curry, pork stew with bacon and cream or norwegian salmon parmentier.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Basse Loire

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Basse Loire. often reveals types of flavors of cream, rhubarb or non oak and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, floral or red fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Basse Loire

  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Basse Loire

  • Chardonnay
  • Gamay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Folle Blanche

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Basse Loire

A wine route planned in the region of Basse Loire? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Basse Loire.

The word of the wine: PDO

Protected Designation of Origin - equivalent to the term "controlled designation of origin" in European regulations.

Great pink wines of Basse Loire

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Basse Loire

Pink wines from the region of Basse Loire go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Basse Loire

A wine route planned in the region of Basse Loire? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Basse Loire.

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

Great sweet wines of Basse Loire

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Basse Loire

Sweet 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 crab matoutou, emulsion of foie gras with pata negra or saithe in foil.

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Basse Loire

  • Melon de Bourgogne

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Basse Loire

A wine route planned in the region of Basse Loire? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Basse Loire.

The word of the wine: De-vatting

Separation of the fermented juice from all solid particles (skin, pips, deposit of lees) by transferring it to a second tank.

News from the vineyard of Basse Loire

Iconic Italian wineries partner on wine in space project

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Hitting the right note

Last year, there was much mirth on wine Twitter about a particularly excruciating tasting note. You’re right. The wine trade needs to get out more. But still… this one was a beauty. It began well enough – really quite beautiful, in fact. But before long the imaginative descriptions were getting more ornate and strained. It moved from poetic to meaningless before finishing with a reference to Burnt Norton – the first of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets – that put it firmly in Private Eye magazine’s ...

Behind LVMH’s Himalayan wine project: the villages of Ao Yun

It’s no easy task to establish a super-premium wine in an entirely new region, particularly when inviting potential retail partners or distributors to the vineyard involves journeying to a distant corner of the Himalayas in the outer reaches of the Yunnan province, southwestern China. For my journey, after four flights from Bordeaux to Shanghai, Chengdu then Shangri-La, it was a four-hour drive up through stunning mountain passes to the foothills (here, that means 2,200m above sea level) of the ...

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