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Sauvignon Blanc here tastes of mineral tension and green stone, where winemakers push extraction and aging to defy the grape's reputation for easy charm.
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Region DNA
The character of Upper Loire
Based on 561 wines with structural data
Style profile
Diverse
Broad range with a recognisable character
Upper Loire
Country avg
FEM score distribution
90+ Elite
80–89 Great
70–79 Good
<70 Other
Based on 193 rated wineries in this region
Flavor territory
Citrus fruitTree fruitRed fruitEarthBlack fruit
Most frequent primary flavor groups
Style breakdown
Upper Loire White
Upper Loire Red
French Loire Rosé
French Sparkling
Loire Chenin Blanc
French Middle Loire Red
French Middle Loire Cabernet Franc Red
French Rosé
Wine style frequency · Bar length = relative count
Top grape varieties
Sauvignon BlancPinot NoirGamayCabernet FrancChenin BlancChardonnayPineau D'AunisCabernet SauvignonPinot GrisGrenache
Varieties ranked by number of wines · Number = wine count
Most representative winery
The estate whose wines are closest to the regional average — the truest expression of Upper Loire
Domaine le Portail
VisitAbout Upper Loire
Upper Loire is a wine region in France, home to 237 producers tracked on Femente, 13 of them rated 90+ on the critic index. Its vineyards are led by Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, and Gamay, producing Upper Loire White and Upper Loire Red wines with notes of Citrus fruit, Tree fruit, and Red fruit. It takes in Châteaumeillant, Reuilly, Sancerre, Quincy, and Pouilly-Sur-Loire.
Upper Loire — good to know
- What grape varieties are grown in Upper Loire?
- The most planted varieties in Upper Loire are Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Gamay, and Cabernet Franc, based on the wines Femente tracks across the region.
- What wines is Upper Loire known for?
- Upper Loire is known for Upper Loire White, Upper Loire Red, and French Loire Rosé wines and flavors of Citrus fruit, Tree fruit, and Red fruit.
- How many wineries are in Upper Loire?
- Femente tracks 237 producers in Upper Loire, of which 13 are rated 90+ on the critic index.
- Where is Upper Loire?
- Upper Loire is a wine region in France, taking in Châteaumeillant, Reuilly, Sancerre, and Quincy.
Upper Loire
Sauvignon Blanc here tastes of mineral tension and green stone, where winemakers push extraction and aging to defy the grape's reputation for easy charm. Across Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, the best bottles age like fine Burgundy, their acidity cutting through flint and herb with structural precision.
Producers in Upper Loire
- Les Domaines Tatin — honest
- Cellier des Brangers — honest
- Hervé Baudry - Domaine de Rome — honest
- Domaine de Maltaverne — honest
- Cave Prevost — honest
- Hubert Veneau — distinction
- Château Favray — distinction
- Domaine des Rabichattes — honest
- Domaine Roger Pabiot et Fils — honest
- Domaine Philippe Gilbert — distinction
- Jean Pabiot — distinction
- Domaine Cédrick Bardin — distinction
- Fernand Girard — honest
- Hubert Brochard — distinction
- Florian Mollet - Domaine Roc de L'Abbaye — distinction
- Patrice Moreux — distinction
- Dominique Baud — honest
- Paul Prieur & Fils — distinction
- Caves de Pouilly-Sur-Loire — honest
- Gaec des Brangers — honest
- Fraiseau Leclerc — honest
- Gerard & Pierre Morin — distinction
- Henri Beurdin — distinction
- Carlin Pinson — honest
- Bruno Blondelet — honest
- Grandes Perrières — honest
- Domaine Charpentier — honest
- Alain et Veronique Assadet — honest
- Coudereaux — honest
- Gilles Langlois — undiscovered
- Domaine Quintin Frères — honest
- Le Pré Vaujour — honest
- Domaine de Chery — undiscovered
- Robert Cantin — distinction
- Olivier Thierriaz — undiscovered
- Domaine de l'Arthuis — undiscovered
- Dominique Billereau — undiscovered
- Renaud & Fils — undiscovered
- Raimbault & Fils — honest
- Domaine de Chevilly — distinction
- Nicolas Gaudry — distinction
- La Perrierre — undiscovered
- La Craie — honest
- Vetois — undiscovered
- Roger et Didier Raimbault — distinction
- Pascal Cotat — distinction
- Henry Pellé — distinction
- Bonnard — honest
- Domaine Guillerault - Fargette — distinction
- Jean Dumont — honest
- Vincent Siret Courtaud — distinction
- Roger Champault — distinction
- Domaine Masson-Blondelet — distinction
- Sylvain Bailly — distinction
- Domaine du Bouchot — distinction
- Domaine Fouassier — distinction
- Domaine des Vieux Pruniers — distinction
- Domaine Huguet — honest
- Andre Dezat & Fils — honest
- Paul Thomas — distinction
- Jean Pierre Bailly — distinction
- Paul Cherrier — distinction
- Reverdy Cadet — honest
- Domaine de la Paroisse — honest
- Roger & Christophe Moreux — distinction
- Le Prieuré de Saint-Céols — honest
- Domaine Bernard Fleuriet & Fils — distinction
- Frédéric Michot — honest
- Jean-Jacques — undiscovered
- Le Domaine Saget — honest
- Clos Saint Fiacre — honest
- Javoy — undiscovered
- Valérie Deneufbourg — undiscovered
- Chai Amandine & Quentin — honest
- Villargeau — distinction
- Florian Roblin — distinction
- Cave Nérot — undiscovered
- Domaine Poupat & Fils — honest
- Domaine Couet Fontaine — honest
- Domaine Denis Gaudry — distinction
- Didier Fournier — undiscovered
- Gilles Chollet — honest
- Dominique Brisset — undiscovered
- Domaine Les Chantalouettes — honest
- Domaine Paul Corneau — distinction
- Domaine Blondelet — honest
- Marcel Langoux — honest
- Morlat — undiscovered
- Serge Serafini — undiscovered
- André et Edmond Figeat — distinction
- Beaulieu Freres — honest
- Gilles Blanchet — distinction
- Francis Blanchet — distinction
- Château de Tracy — distinction
- Didier Dagueneau (Louis-Benjamin Dagueneau) — critic
- Régis Minet — distinction
- Caves des Perrières — honest
- Eric Crochet — undiscovered
- Patrick Coulbois — honest
- Bouchie-Chatellier — distinction
- Domaine Dutarte — distinction
- Jerome Bruneau — undiscovered
- Domaine Petit et Fille — honest
- Jocelyne Massicot — honest
- Domaine Chatelain — distinction
- Marielle Michot — distinction
- Domaine Carroy — honest
- Domaine Lebrun — honest
- Domaine de la Croisée — undiscovered
- Domaine Leblanc - Jacques Leblanc — undiscovered
- Domaine de Loye — honest
- Arnaud Lejus — undiscovered
- Domaine de L'Ermitage — distinction
- Baron de Mamour — honest
- Gaec Prevost Freres — undiscovered
- Domaine Les Chezeaux — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Farge — undiscovered
- Les Chais du Val de Loire — undiscovered
- David & Luc Girard — distinction
- Jean-Claude Leclerc — honest
- Domaine Dionet — undiscovered
- Château de Maupas — honest
- Domaine Alexandre Belleville — honest
- Prince & Duc d'Arenberg — undiscovered
- Domaine de Coquin - Francis Audiot — honest
- Isabelle et Pierre Clement (Domaine de Chatenoy) — distinction
- Domaine Jean Teiller — distinction
- Guy Saget — distinction
- Serge Dagueneau & Filles — distinction
- Domaine A Cailbourdin — distinction
- de Ladoucette — distinction
- Domaine Champeau — distinction
- Jonathan Didier Pabiot — distinction
- Domaine Les BerryCuriens — undiscovered
- Romane de Brinay — honest
- Domaine Trotereau — distinction
- Domaine de Villalin — distinction
- Adèle Rouzé — distinction
- Domaine de la Brosse — undiscovered
- Jerôme de la Chaise — undiscovered
- Domaine de L'Epine — undiscovered
- Domaines Siret — undiscovered
- Pierre Duret — distinction
- Domaine Franck Millet — distinction
- Domaine des Grosses Pierres — honest
- Domaine Sautereau — distinction
- Thierry Veron — honest
- Serge Laporte — distinction
- Alain Gueneau — distinction
- Domaine Thomas & Fils — distinction
- Pascal et Nicolas Reverdy — distinction
- Domaine Vacheron — distinction
- Lauverjat Alain — undiscovered
- Alphonse Mellot — distinction
- Laporte — distinction
- Jean-Paul Balland — distinction
- Denis Vacher et Fils — undiscovered
- Des Levrys — distinction
- Gérard Boulay — distinction
- André Vatan — distinction
- Domaine Hippolyte Reverdy — distinction
- Roger Neveu — distinction
- Jean Reverdy & Fils — distinction
- Claude Riffault — critic
- Domaine Serge Laloue — distinction
- Comte d'Ardieres — honest
- Edmond Vatan — distinction
- Pascal Jolivet — distinction
- Thomas-Labaille — distinction
- Domaine André Neveu — distinction
- Château de Sancerre — distinction
- Joël et Sylvie Cirotte — distinction
- Domaine des Coltabards — distinction
- Durand — honest
- Raimbault-Pineau — distinction
- Dominique et Janine Crochet — honest
- Michel Girault — honest
- Domaine de St Romble — honest
- Domaine des Chasseignes — distinction
- François Cotat — critic
- Pascal Balland — honest
- Domaine Bizet — honest
- Domaine de la Garenne — distinction
- Domaine des Cotes Blanches — distinction
- Domaine La Gemière — honest
- Domaine Pierre Prieur & Fils — distinction
- Régis Jouan — distinction
- Maison des Sancerre — undiscovered
- Domaine des Chaintres — distinction
- Matthias Planchon — honest
- Raimbault Cherbec — undiscovered
- Chateau du Nozay — honest
- Gérard et Hubert Thirot — honest
- Domaine Naudet — honest
- Domaine du Piton — distinction
- Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil — undiscovered
- Vigneron Firmin Dezat — honest
- Domaine Arnaud et Stéphanie Dezat — distinction
- Domaine Raffaitin-Planchon — honest
- Jacques Marchand — undiscovered
- Lemain-Pouillot — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Forêt Gasselin — undiscovered
- Domaine Éric Louis — distinction
- Domaine de Panquelaine — undiscovered
- Domaine T. et C. Crochet — undiscovered
- Lucien Crochet — distinction
- Domaine de la Villaudière — distinction
- Tour des Fiefs — undiscovered
- Henri Bourgeois — distinction
- Vincent Gaudry — distinction
- Matthias et Emile Roblin — distinction
- Pierre Riffault — distinction
- Lauverjat Fils — undiscovered
- Laurent Reverdy — honest
- Georges Roblin & Fils — honest
- Eric Montintin — distinction
- Domaine du Nozay — distinction
- Cave des Vins de Sancerre — distinction
- Henry Natter — distinction
- Domaine Pierre Martin — distinction
- Daniel Chotard — distinction
- Domaine Tabordet — distinction
- Jean-Jacques Auchère — honest
- François Millet — distinction
- Jean-Pierre Laporte — undiscovered
- Daniel Reverdy — distinction
- Vincent Grall — distinction
- Domaine Tassin — honest
- Vincent Pinard — critic
- Patient Cottat — distinction
- Jean-Marc Crochet — honest
- Domaine de la Voltonnerie — honest
- Cherrier Frères — honest
- Michel Vattan — distinction
- Patrick Dezat — undiscovered
- Domaine Reverdy Ducroux — critic
- Dauny — honest
- Roland Tissier & Fils — distinction
- Patrick Raffaitin — honest
- Jérôme Godon — honest
- Daniel Crochet — distinction
- Château de Crezancy — honest
- Domaine Cordaillat — distinction
- Valery Renaudat — distinction
- Mabillot Vignerons — honest
- Le Grain — undiscovered
- Domaine de La Pagerie — honest
- Brissez Sennedot Eric — undiscovered
- Domaine de Reuilly - Denis Jamain — distinction
- Claude Lafond — honest
- Domaine Hubert — honest