Montlouis Loire Valley wine

If Vouvray is Stan Laurel - wiry, characterful, but with hidden depths - then Montlouis must be Oliver Hardy...

The town of Montlouis sits just across the river from Vouvray, with fairly similar “terroir” underfoot although there is a more sandy feel to the soils, and obviously the aspect of many of the vineyards are different. There are three communes that have vineyards qualifying for the Montlouis appellation, which was delimited in 1938. These are in Montlouis-sur-Loire and Lussault-sur-Loire, both of which sit on the left bank of the Loire, and St-Martin-le-Beau, which lies slightly to the south, closer to the Cher than the Loire.

The “rendement de base” is as for Vouvray, 52 and 65 hl/ha for still and sparkling styles respectively. This is another 100% Chenin Blanc appellation, yet despite these similarities the wines have never achieved the repute that Vouvray enjoys. But that is not to say that some are not very fine, and that they can demonstrate a fabulous metamorphosis in bottle, emerging as complex, intriguing wines, especially from a great vintage.

RiverLoire includes the visit of a wine cellar with wine tasting in most of our tours as our region is well renowned for the quality and diversity of the wines.In line with the values of RiverLoire, we have selected only the finest producers of the region. Feel free to have a look at our   Fully Guided Loire Valley Tours, Self Guided Loire Valley Tours our all of our Loire Valley wine tours far from the beaten track