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Les Choisilles is a very great Montlouis produced by the Domaine François Chidaine. Fruity nose with notes of white peach that gradually reveals a delicate minerality. The palate is balanced between good substance and pleasant freshness. Full-bodied, deep and very long. Enjoy it over 10 to 20 years with your finest fish and cheeses.Guide des meilleurs vin de France 2023: 91/100

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Grand Mont du Clos des Quarterons is a great Bourgueil for laying down. This parcel creates powerful, complex wines that deserve more than 10 years of cellaring to fully blossom. A great bottle.

The cuvée Mélodie de vieilles vignes from domaine Vincent Gaudry has a very open nose with notes of pear and white fruit. The material is superb, energetic and mineral. Very good length.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 94/100

Les Epinay du domaine de la Grange Tiphaine is a magnificent Montlouis. This organic wine has a certain sweetness on the nose, with notes of pear juice, blond tobacco, gingerbread and apricot. Apricot, grapefruit and rose then fill the glass after aeration. Balance is immediate on the palate, with a feel reminiscent of ripe fruit. Its minerality is enhanced by a long, fresh finish, a guarantee of harmonious aging. Aged 18 months in foudre.

Les Hauts de Husseau 2024 is the great dry parcel cuvée from Domaine de la Taille aux Loups - the former Remus Plus. Organic Chenin Blanc on the highest slopes of Montlouis, clay-siliceous soil with flint on limestone bedrock. Straightforward, taut, mineral, with remarkable intensity and persistence. Drink between 2025 and 2039.

Les Rosiers is a magnificent Jasnières from Domaine de Bellivière. The wine is mineral and develops fruity aromas such as plum, peach but also grapefruit. Enjoy with a one-sided sea bass or foie gras. Semi-dry with this 2021 vintage. Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2022 : 93/100

Magnificent Chenin blanc cuvée les Salles Martins blanc from Antoine Sanzay, fine and fat, to drink over 5 to 7 years. It develops on aromas of yellow and white fruits and rests on a beautiful freshness. A must-have in this great 2022 vintage full of fruit!

RVF : 94/100

Vincengétorix du domaine Vincent Gaudry is a great red Sancerre that develops floral and slightly tart red fruit aromas. Long, spicy finish. A great gastronomic wine.

The cuvée La Bretonnière from Domaine de la Taille aux Loups comes from vines on the right bank of the Loire. For recent administrative reasons, the Vouvray AOC is no longer possible for this wine, as it is vinified in Montlouis! It is therefore presented to you as a simple Vin de France. The result is exceptional, as is often the case with Jacky Blot wines!

Les Grillonnières from domaine François Chidaine is a superb Montlouis-sur-loire. This organic wine develops notes of yellow lemon and lime zest, combined with a delicate minerality. On the palate, it balances good body with pleasant freshness.

A great Montlouis, undoubtedly the benchmark of the AOC: a rich, powerful, long and complex wine. A sure bet for long ageing. Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2023 : 92/100 (mill 2020)

The cuvée Camille du domaine du Pré-sémelé is a great red Sancerre. Its nose is intense, developing on notes of black fruit coulis and toast. The palate is round and rich with silky tannins: a great wine for laying down.

The Grand Beaupréau du domaine Ogereau from fine terroirs is a structured yet fresh wine that develops on notes of white fruit, lime, dried herbs, white flowers. This organic wine requires pairing with elaborate dishes: fish in beurre blanc, poultry in cream sauce, mushrooms...

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 92/100

Terres Chaudes produced by domaine des Roches Neuves is a Saumur-Champigny cuvée from the Poyeux hillside and part of the Chaintres pit at lieu-dit les Dares. This superb, highly concentrated organic red boasts luscious, ripe fruit (cherry, strawberry and raspberry notes), underlined by a delicate woody line...

This is one of the fine cuvées from Château Yvonne in white that has made the estate's letters of nobility. In 2022, the wine is rich with notes of citrus and yellow peach. The woodiness will mellow after a few years of cellaring to give this great wine its full complexity.

The cuvée Huit Clos du domaine Bonnigal-Bodet is a great Loire chenin from the Touraine-Amboise PDO. This vin bio develops fresh, fruity aromas of pear and apple, accompanied by subtle floral notes and a lovely minerality. Finishes on notes of citrus and honey and slightly saline. Magnificent.

The cuvée Huit Clos du domaine Bonnigal-Bodet is a great Loire chenin from the Touraine-Amboise PDO. This cuvée develops fresh, fruity aromas of pear and apple, accompanied by subtle floral notes and a beautiful minerality. Finishes on notes of citrus and honey and slightly saline. Magnificent.

The cuvée le Chêne Marchand from domaine François Crochet is at once rich, pure and crystalline; This great organic Sancerre will delight the most discerning lovers of great Loire whites.... Superb length! 2023 is a superb vintage, which has enabled us to produce Sancerre wines of great ageing potential and intensity!

Les Caillardières du domaine de Closel is a Savennières comes from a schistosandstone terroir (with aeolian sands on the surface). The berries, from vines averaging 35 years old, are harvested golden to give a wine with ripe fruit aromas. This cuvée is characterized by its supple structure and a slight bitterness characteristic of Savennières.

Les Poyeux du Antoine Sanzay is a grand vin de garde from the mythical Saumur-Champigny terroir. This wine offers notes of red fruits, with chalky and spicy touches. A great wine from Antoine Sanzay to drink over 10 years.Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2023: 90/100.

Domaine Patrick Baudouin's Cornillard is a great organic Loire wine: complex, intense and vibrant, it's a major domaine cuvée!

The Clos du Papillon parcel from the domaine de Closel is an organic Savennières, with a very fine texture: it combines volume on the palate and minerality, with a long, persistent finish. This cuvée is absolutely cut out for ageing, and deserves to be waited for at least two to three years to reveal its full potential.

The 2017 Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru is the rarest and most prized wine from Domaine de la Bergerie. An organic botrytized Chenin Blanc from Anjou’s sole Grand Cru—one of the Loire Valley’s most exclusive and sought-after appellations.

Anne and Marie Guégniard, the 8th generation to cultivate these schist soils of the “Anjou Noir” in Champ-sur-Layon, produce a sweet wine of exceptional complexity and elegance: candied apricot, acacia honey, candied orange, citrus zest; a rich, opulent palate perfectly balanced by the Chenin’s natural acidity.

A wine for meditation and fine dining, reaching its peak in 2035.

The Essarts Blanc from the Antoine Sanzay estate is a top-tier single-vineyard wine. This great white wine for fine dining is built for aging. On the palate, it offers beautiful body and great complexity. A wine that every connoisseur must have in their cellar! Guide to the Best Wines of France 2020: 16/20