Wine with Leslie: Loire wines are perfect for that transition from autumn to winter
Autumn in Loire. Picture: france.fr
There is a distinct nip in the air over the last week or so but I’m sticking with bright juicy Summer-Autumn wines for as long as I can. The crunchy red wines and fragrant textured whites of the Loire Valley are perfect for the transition from autumn to winter. Of course, I also drink them in the spring and on hot summer days, but they seem most apt at this time of year.
The Loire wine regions are the closest fine wine vineyards to Ireland at under four hours' drive from the ferry ports of Cherbourg or Roscoff. Nantes is a wonderful city to visit and just to the south are the fashionable crisp white wines of Muscadet. Head inland for less than an hour and you will be in Anjou tasting dry (or demi-sec, dessert or sparkling) Chenin-Blancs and crunchy Cabernet Franc-based reds.
