Coteaux du Layon is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for sweet white wine in the Loire Valley wine region of France. Coteaux du Layon is situated in the Anjou district of the region, along the river Layon, which is a tributary of the Loire. Six of the villages (communes), namely Beaulieu-sur-Layon, Faye-d'Anjou, Rablay-sur-Layon, Rochefort-sur-Loire, Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné and Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay are allowed to add their name to that of the appellation. Usually, the "de" or "sur" part is dropped, to give names like Coteaux du Layon Beaulieu and Coteaux du Layon Saint-Aubin. Furthermore, two villages within the Coteaux du Layon area form their own respective AOC – Bonnezeaux and Chaume. Finally, a favoured enclave within Chaume is a separate AOC under the name Quarts de Chaume. For the geographically delimited AOCs, required grape maturity is higher and allowed yield is lower. The best vineyards are generally located on the north bank of the Layon, where they enjoy a good sun exposure on roughly south-facing slopes. Coteaux du Layon including its enclave appellations cover about 1,400 hectares in the early 2000s.
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Coteaux du Layon is an appellation in Loire, France. Its rules allow Chenin Blanc. We track 54 of its wines in stock at 50 shops, from 11 wine houses, from € 9.95; mostly dessert, white.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +5.0 °C · 1,973 GDD · 25 % rain |
| 2025 | 5 | € 9.95 | € 19.90 | – | hotdry +1.7 °C · 1,502 GDD · 40 % rain |
| 2024 | 8 | € 16.95 | € 27.74 | – | averagewet +0.4 °C · 1,224 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 2023 | 3 | € 18.50 | € 37.00 | – | hot +2.2 °C · 1,605 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2022 | 4 | € 11.50 | € 29.99 | – |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Coteaux du Layon's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Domaine Des Forges 6 · Château de la Roulerie 6 · Domaine Belargus 6 · Domaine Baumard 4 · Domaine de Juchepie 3 · Chateau de Passavant 3 · Moulin Touchais 2 · Moulin de Chauvigné 2 · Domaine Ogereau 1 · Bellevue 1 · Château de Fesles 1
| 2021 | 2 | € 14.35 | € 31.10 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,145 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2020 | 4 | € 23.20 | € 25.86 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,268 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,302 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2018 | 5 | € 30.64 | € 41.35 | 95.0 (2 wines) | hotdry harvest +1.2 °C · 1,402 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2017 | 1 | € 31.50 | € 31.50 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,276 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2016 | 2 | € 32.11 | € 35.33 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,131 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2015 | 1 | € 47.23 | € 47.23 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,097 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,167 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2013 | 1 | € 53.52 | € 80.28 | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,102 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,086 GDD · 138 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,208 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2010 | 1 | € 94.33 | € 141.50 | – | cooldry −0.6 °C · 1,006 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,111 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 918 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,006 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | hotwet harvest +1.0 °C · 1,357 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2005 | 2 | € 20.00 | € 53.49 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,292 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,080 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,193 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 903 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,053 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.6 °C · 1,027 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,172 GDD · 159 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,070 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1997 | 1 | € 24.95 | € 24.95 | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,211 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.7 °C · 984 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.1 °C · 1,184 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 1994 | 1 | € 65.00 | € 65.00 | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,184 GDD · 122 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,006 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,227 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,269 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 1,438 GDD · 48 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.0 °C · 1,410 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,075 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,126 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 996 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.1 °C · 912 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 887 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,069 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,063 GDD · 110 % rain |