Loire is a wine region, France. We track 3,305 of its wines in stock at 177 shops, from 419 wine houses, from € 5.50; mostly white, red.
- Country
- France
- In our wines
- Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Gamay
- Classifications
- DOC 1
- Styles
- White 1785 · Red 1016 · Sparkling 167 · Rosé 114 · Dessert 51 · Orange 36 · Fortified 1
- Prices
- from € 5.50 · median € 29.40 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +5.0 °C · 2,047 GDD · 25 % rain |
| 2025 | 327 | € 7.15 | € 21.27 | 92.0 (1 wine) | hotdrydry harvest +1.8 °C · 1,597 GDD · 39 % rain |
| 2024 | 416 | € 7.45 | € 27.00 | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.3 °C · 1,297 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 2023 | 558 | € 10.03 | € 31.44 | 93.3 (7 wines) | hot +2.1 °C · 1,661 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2022 | 415 | € 9.95 | € 34.50 | 93.7 (6 wines) | hotdry +2.6 °C · 1,789 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 2021 | 215 | € 8.95 | € 32.36 | 92.0 (2 wines) | average −0.1 °C · 1,219 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2020 | 211 | € 6.05 | € 37.40 | 92.7 (3 wines) | warm +0.7 °C · 1,372 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2019 | 105 | € 11.37 | € 42.81 | 93.6 (7 wines) | warm +0.8 °C · 1,397 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2018 | 87 | € 14.00 | € 48.84 | 94.0 (5 wines) | hotdry harvest +1.2 °C · 1,483 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2017 | 34 | € 13.99 | € 45.04 | 95.5 (2 wines) | warm +0.8 °C · 1,388 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2016 | 34 | € 28.00 | € 48.62 | 96.0 (2 wines) | average −0.1 °C · 1,219 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2015 | 26 | € 11.50 | € 42.43 | 95.0 (2 wines) | average −0.2 °C · 1,185 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2014 | 11 | € 30.86 | € 58.50 | 96.0 (1 wine) | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,232 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2013 | 10 | € 30.10 | € 60.61 | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,158 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2012 | 7 | € 26.09 | € 221.35 | 94.0 (1 wine) | coolwet −0.6 °C · 1,140 GDD · 149 % rain |
| 2011 | 3 | € 30.77 | € 40.05 | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,281 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 2010 | 4 | € 41.25 | € 77.10 | – | cooldry −0.5 °C · 1,114 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2009 | 5 | € 34.79 | € 57.90 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,219 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2008 | 2 | € 39.95 | € 169.95 | – | cold −1.2 °C · 991 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2007 | 3 | € 45.90 | € 95.00 | – | cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,090 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2006 | 2 | € 31.35 | € 106.66 | 93.0 (1 wine) | hotwet harvest +1.2 °C · 1,474 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2005 | 4 | € 20.00 | € 47.05 | – | warmdry harvest +0.9 °C · 1,414 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2004 | 1 | € 32.15 | € 32.15 | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,193 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2003 | 2 | € 44.55 | € 112.59 | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,274 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2002 | 1 | € 32.80 | € 32.80 | – | cold −1.2 °C · 971 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,109 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2000 | 3 | € 19.80 | € 30.11 | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,087 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 1999 | 1 | € 41.35 | € 41.35 | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,254 GDD · 149 % rain |
| 1998 | 1 | € 43.15 | € 43.15 | – | averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,160 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 1997 | 2 | € 24.95 | € 46.57 | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,298 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1996 | 2 | € 36.80 | € 166.92 | – | cooldry −0.6 °C · 1,089 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 1995 | 1 | € 323.80 | € 323.80 | – | averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,269 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 1994 | 2 | € 31.45 | € 48.22 | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,237 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,066 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 1992 | 1 | € 135.00 | € 135.00 | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,283 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.6 °C · 1,352 GDD · 64 % rain |
| 1990 | 1 | € 390.70 | € 390.70 | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.4 °C · 1,536 GDD · 48 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 1,544 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,196 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1987 | 1 | € 51.75 | € 51.75 | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,246 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1986 | 1 | € 47.70 | € 47.70 | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,080 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.1 °C · 993 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 1984 | 1 | € 47.95 | € 47.95 | – | cold −1.3 °C · 954 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1983 | 1 | € 47.95 | € 47.95 | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,121 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1982 | 1 | € 47.70 | € 47.70 | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,145 GDD · 115 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Loire's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the region. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Domaine des Roches Neuves 53 · Jean-Pierre Robinot 35 · Henri Bourgeois 32 · Domaine Belargus 32 · Patrick Desplats 30 · François Saint-Lô 28 · Domaine Guiberteau 26 · Domaine Baumard 26 · Domaine Charles Joguet 25 · Domaine de l'Ecu 22 · Domaine Alphonse Mellot 22 · Mark Angeli 21 · Domaine Michel Redde 21 · Baron de Ladoucette 20 · Domaine de la Butte 19 · Domaine Vincent Pinard 18
Sancerre 454 · Pouilly-Fumé 206 · Anjou 159 · Saumur 131 · Saumur-Champigny 130 · Muscadet 122 · Vouvray 113 · Chinon 110 · Touraine 109 · Menetou-Salon 73 · Savennières 67 · Bourgueil 64 · Crémant de Loire 58 · Coteaux du Layon 46 · Montlouis-sur-Loire 42 · Cheverny 37 · Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil 17 · Quincy 12 · Quarts de Chaume 11 · Reuilly 9 · Jasnières 8 · Bonnezeaux 5