Pure, classy fruit sing tenor without any interference from the earthy bass that often makes itself heard in Bourgogne rouge.

It fills the mouth with suspicions of honeysuckle and pulpy stone fruits, all while maintaining classic notes of iodine and sea breeze that make this the vinous equivalent of tidepooling.

This wine is deep and textural, with serious presence on the palate and a dry, flinty finish.

Sauvignon Blanc has many incarnations throughout the world, but even in the Loire Valley—the grape’s spiritual home—Pouilly Fumé represents a very distinctive example.

Ultra fresh and brimming with citrus blossom and orchard fruit notes, it has a saline, mineral finish that leaves my palate begging for more.

Chotard has crafted a delicious, complex, and elegant rouge that gives many village Burgundies a run for their money.

From a small but mighty appellation boasting an impressive soil loaded with fossilized oyster shells. Peachy, finely textured, and pleasantly verdant.

Juicy and open-knit, it mirrors the sensation of biting into fleshy slices of white peach, nectarine, and guava.

Vinified with a gentle, terroir-focused touch—few reds will slake your thirst with the ease and finesse of Cuvée Alouettes.

Lime blossoms delivered via a lightning bolt of minerally refreshment.

From clay and limestone vineyards, they are able to obtain remarkable complexity in their Brut, while the texture shows both a creamy richness and an austere minerality.

Burgundian-like in character from its time spent in barrel, the laser-like acidity will become even more enticing with some age.

This divine red allies the power and finesse one would expect from this great terroir.

A single-vineyard bottling whose age lends a soft, drawn butter richness to its bright, tart citrus palate.

Fermented and aged in barrel and bottled unfiltered, it features a delightful kiss of oak on the long, bracing, mouth-watering finish.

This skin-contact wine is redolent of blood orange and hyssop—a perfect apéritif for olives and anchovies.

The singularity and beauty of Chenin Blanc really shines with a bit of age, which is what makes this wine so special to enjoy now.

Sauvignon and a splash of Chardonnay: the epitome of minerally Loire refreshment

The new vintage shows great freshness and brightness, making me think of tart berries picked in the forest just a touch below full ripeness.

It might be the most unusual and most delicious top-quality sweet wine you have ever tried.

Textured, lush, full of aromatic gooseberry and passionfruit—all supported by spiny minerality.

Simply gorgeous, the Cris is sublimely perfumed, generous on the palate, and long and saline on the elegant finish.

At first, it is streamlined, saline, and full of lemon. Then the granite terroir kicks in...

A lovely combination of Grolleau Noir and Cabernet Franc, there seems to be a synergistic effect elevating both grapes to create a juicy, spicy, refreshing whole.

Savennières is home to some of the greatest terroirs for this grape variety thanks to its soils of schist, sandstone, and blue slate and its proximity to the moderating Loire River.

Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.

With floral aromas and fine-grained tannins, it already showcases its charms.

Powerful, cellar-worthy dry Chenin aged in chestnut, oak, and acacia.

Germain’s reds are grand examples of the heights biodynamic wines can achieve.

Even though all of the wines hail from Chinon, the soil, elevation, and exposition all combine to make Le Clos Guillot their cuvée with the most finesse.

Pierre’s old-vine Quincy has a mouth-coating texture and charming notes of tangerine that are certain to earn this great appellation the following it deserves.

This exquisite Muscadet is a perfect reflection of where it originates, as if it’s been sculpted by winds off the ocean and infused with hints of sea salt in the air.

Simon refers to Hameau de Reigny as a “nature” wine. The result is textured and tropical-fruited, yet not so much a departure from the region’s typicity, as rather, a riff on it.