Loire
From the zippy Muscadets of the Pays Nantais where the river spills out into the Bay of Biscay to the flinty Sauvignons from the rolling hills around Pouilly and Sancerre in Central France, the Loire is a wonderland of classic dry white wines.
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2021 TOURAINE LES SAUTERELLES Domaine de Pierre, Lionel Gosseaume
Loire France 12.5% White
Sauvignon Blanc.

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CRÉMANT DE LOIRE Brut Domaine des Hauts Perrays
Loire France 12% White
Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Chenin Blanc. Low-alcohol
From a small family-run Domaine in the heart of Chenin Blanc territory, (Coteaux du Layon) this is a beautifully crafted Crémant de Loire. Traditionally made (bottle-fermented) sparkling wine which is vinified fro...(read more)
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2019 MUSCADET SÈVRE ET MAINE VIEILLES VIGNES Sur Lie Domaine Bruno Cormerais
Loire France 13.5% White
Melon de Bourgogne.
A wonderfully characterful style from Bruno Cormerais, hints of fennel and tarragon run throughout this wine. Thrillingly pure and crisp, with tangy citrus fruit, it is thirst-quenching & enticing and enticing in equ...(read more)
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2021 POUILLY FUMÉ Domaine Hervé Séguin
Loire France White
Sauvignon Blanc.
The Seguin wines are so easy going and deliver such drinking pleasure. This is textbook with gun-flint, gooseberry and freshly mown grass with an undercut of something a little more tropical. Supple and fresh in the mout...(read more)
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2020 RONCERAY Anjou Château de Plaisance
Loire France 13.5% White
Chenin Blanc. Certified Organic, Bio-dynamic
The name Ronceray refers to the abbey that once owned Quarts de Chaume, and it has become a name that all producers making dry wine here intend to use on a communal basis, at least until Quarts de Chaume can legally exis...(read more)
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2021 SANCERRE Chavignol Domaine Vincent Delaporte
Loire France White
Sauvignon Blanc.
A text-book Sancerre with a beautifully pure gooseberry, lime citrus, cut grass, fresh herbs and chalk. Generous fruit weight in the mouth with layered citrus and gooseberry once more, a mineral chalky undertow and delic...(read more)
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2020 SAVENNIÈRES Château de Plaisance
Loire France 12.5% White
Chenin Blanc. Certified Organic, Bio-dynamic
Wowsers this is intense, layers of fruit richness, quince, honey, hay and peach. Such gorgeous concentration, rich yet dry, textured and fruit filled, the finish is phenomenal as the acidity gives a zing and ping to the...(read more)
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2020 LA GRANDE PIECE Anjou Château de Plaisance
Loire France 12.5% White
Chenin Blanc. Certified Organic, Bio-dynamic
La grande pièce is a bright, smooth and mineral cuvée. 100% Chenin on Butte de Chaume vinified in barrels for 12 months of great complexity.
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2020 ZERZILLES Anjou Château de Plaisance
Anjou-Saumur Loire France 13.5% White
Chenin Blanc. Certified Organic, Vegan, Bio-dynamic, Vegetarian
Dry Chenin Blanc from old vines on an east-facing slope in Chaume and Quarts de Chaume vinified and aged in barrel for 12 months. This is the first year they have made the fruit from here into a dry wine and boy is it ex...(read more)
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2020 POUILLY FUMÉ Domaine Hervé Séguin
Loire France 13% White
Sauvignon Blanc. Half-bottles
A great example of a blend where limestone slightly dominates. There are top notes of gooseberry and gunsmoke but also a full-bodied roundness which is slightly honeyed away and gentle.
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