Wines: Savennières
Wines: Savennières
Savennières is a highly respected white wine appellation of the Loire valley wine region of France. Located immediately southwest of the city of Angers, the parish of the same name falls within the wider Anjou district. The wines are made from the Chenin Blanc grape variety, the mainstay of Anjou and the central Loire.
Though sweeter styles are permitted, the appellation is most associated with dry white wines. These are regarded as some of the finest in the entire Loire region. In quality terms they are the western Loire's answer to Sancerre and Vouvray.
Savennières wines are typically intensely flavored, with flavors of warm straw, beeswax and chamomile. The best examples have discernible minerality and the ripest even a honeyed tinge. Botrytis once defined all of Savennieres' output, but is less common in the wines today.