Producer · Touraine, France

Domaine Joel Delaunay

Domaine Joel Delaunay is a fifth-generation family estate in Touraine, run today by Thierry Delaunay. The Touraine appellation sits in the broader Loire Valley, and Sauvignon Blanc is the grape that works best here: bright and grassy, with a freshness and directness that make it one of the most reliably good-value whites in France.

These are uncomplicated, food-friendly wines made by people who know their ground well. This is good, honest Loire Sauvignon, and it never asks you to pay for a famous name.

Winery at Pouillé, Touraine · Sauvignon Blanc · £17.95 a bottle