When to drink an Anjou?

Loire · indicative values: the producer, the vintage and storage conditions come first.

Map: where Anjou is. Loire region, France.

Red

Recommended ageing: 2 to 6 years after the vintage.

For example, a 2020 red Anjou drinks best between 2022 and 2027, with a peak plateau around 2024-2026.

White

Recommended ageing: 2 to 6 years after the vintage.

For example, a 2020 white Anjou drinks best between 2022 and 2027, with a peak plateau around 2024-2026.

Vintage by vintage

A great year outlives an average one: the window moves with the vintage. The most recent rated years in Loire, applied to the ageing for red Anjou given above.

Vintage	Rating	Drink
2023	Good	2025–2029
2022	Great	2024–2029
2021	Average	2023–2026
2020	Great	2022–2027
2019	Great	2021–2026
2018	Great	2020–2025
2017	Great	2019–2024
2016	Great	2018–2023
2015	Great	2017–2022
2014	Great	2016–2021
2012	Average	2014–2017
2011	Good	2013–2017

The full history, back to the older vintages: Loire Valley.

How to read this window

Before the window opens, the wine is in its youth: fruit dominates, tannins or acidity can feel stern. During the peak plateau, everything falls into balance: this is the moment ageing prepares. Beyond it, the wine slowly declines: nothing unsafe, but the emotion fades. These are general benchmarks for the appellation, not a verdict on your bottle.

Curious where these numbers come from? The method is published in full: five levels from the estate down to the grape, corrected by the vintage and the bottle format.

From the same region

Other appellations in Loire, each with its own window:

What about your bottles?

Caviste computes this window for every bottle in your cellar: photograph the label, the sheet fills itself in (estate, vintage, appellation) and the app tells you when a bottle reaches its peak. Discover Caviste.