Marc Bredif Tasting Cellars Vouvray ★ 4.7
Tufa-cut cellars in Rochecorbon with library Vouvray vintages back to 1874, set against bin racks of historic bottlings in a vaulted tasting room.
Sancerre Wine Council interpretation centre on the medieval esplanade with a Kimmeridgian-flint-limestone exhibit and tasting bar pouring from 50 estates.
Address: Esplanade Porte Cesar, 18300 Sancerre, France, Loire Valley
Tufa-cut cellars in Rochecorbon with library Vouvray vintages back to 1874, set against bin racks of historic bottlings in a vaulted tasting room.
Vouvray reference estate founded 1928, biodynamic since the 1980s. Tastings cover Le Haut-Lieu, Le Mont and Clos du Bourg in dry, demi-sec and moelleux styles.
Family-owned Chinon house founded 1921 with cellars cut into the cliff beneath the medieval fortress, pouring the Clos de l'Echo Cabernet Franc and full range.
Jean-Pierre Chevallier's biodynamic Saumur-Champigny estate, tastings in the 18th-century chateau on Le Grand Clos. Reference Cabernet Franc producer.
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.