Val de Loire

Since August 2009, Vins de Pays wines have benefited from an official quality label recognized at the European level: the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI).

The Vins de Pays category, alongside Appellations d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) and Vins de France (formerly Vin de Table), is strictly regulated by EU wine regulations and precise specifications defining production conditions.

Like AOC wines, they are subject to precise production rules. However, the flexibility to use different grape varieties also allows winemakers to express their creativity and produce original wines.

On the other hand, compared to Vins de France, they offer consumers a guarantee of origin, embodied in the name of their appellation, and a guarantee of quality through compliance with specifications and the resulting controls (controls on grape varieties, yields, analytical and organoleptic controls).

The French Vins de Pays family includes the regional appellation " Vins de Pays du Val de Loire," which covers 14 departments in the Loire Valley wine region: Allier, Cher, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Loire-Atlantique, Loiret, Maine-et-Loire, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Sarthe, Deux-Sèvres, Vendée, and Vienne.

Since their creation in 1981, the wines of the Loire region have refocused on quality production and the professionalization of its operators. With its 1,600 winegrowers, around fifteen cooperative wineries, and a hundred or so wine merchants, the Val de Loire Protected Geographical Indication has real economic weight within the wine production of the Loire Valley basin.

Due to its northern location and temperate climate, the Val de Loire Protected Geographical Indication is characterized by the freshness, liveliness, and finesse of its wines.

The grape varieties used in Vins de Pays du Val de Loire-IGP wines are traditional and well suited to the diversity of climates and soils found in this vast region.

The white grape varieties, most of which are vinified dry, are characterized by their delicate fruity and floral aromas.

The rosés are light, lively, and refreshing, and the reds, with their light, sometimes full-bodied structure, are characterized by their suppleness.