Langlois-Chateau Tasting Cellars ★ 4.4
Cremant de Loire specialist owned by Champagne Bollinger since 1973. Tufa galleries, riddling and disgorgement halls finish with a Quadrille and Cremant range tasting.
Jean-Pierre Chevallier's biodynamic Saumur-Champigny estate, tastings in the 18th-century chateau on Le Grand Clos. Reference Cabernet Franc producer.
Address: 3 rue Jean Brevet, 49400 Souzay-Champigny, France, Loire Valley
Cremant de Loire specialist owned by Champagne Bollinger since 1973. Tufa galleries, riddling and disgorgement halls finish with a Quadrille and Cremant range tasting.
Reference Sancerre estate run by Florent and Clement Pinard in Bue, focused on single-parcel Chene Marchand and Nuance Sauvignon Blanc cuvees.
Federation des Vins de Nantes centre overlooking the Sevre-et-Maine vineyards, pouring from 40+ Muscadet estates plus Coteaux d'Ancenis and Gros Plant.
Marc Olivier and Remi Branger's Muscadet estate. Tasting flights compare the Clos des Briords, Chateau Thebaud and Clisson cru cuvees aged 18+ months on lees.
Bouvet-Ladubay troglodyte cellars in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent, founded 1851. Eight kilometres of tufa galleries, methode traditionnelle production hall and tasting room.
Sparkling-wine house founded 1811 by Jean-Baptiste Ackerman, with three kilometres of tufa cellars and contemporary art alongside the riddling racks.