A Loire oddity: the department belongs to two wine worlds. To the north-west, the gamays of the Côte Roannaise and Côtes du Forez are Loire wines; to the south-east, the Pilat villages carry plots of Condrieu and Saint-Joseph, jewels of the northern Rhône. A wine estate for sale in the Loire can thus be worth a thousand or a hundred thousand euros per hectare depending on the side.
This departmental page gives the synthesis and links to the two specialised analyses — Loire side and Rhône side — for detailed benchmarks and listings.
On the Loire side, Roannaise and Forez offer granite gamays in full renaissance, on accessible land; on the Rhône side, the Chavanay and Malleval terraces belong to the valley's dearest markets. Between the two, no continuum: two clienteles, two logics, two appraisals.
The department illustrates vineyard land's rule better than any other: the appellation, not the geography, makes the price.
France's DVF land registry records every vine sale in the Loire; the next table tracks the market's path in the Loire, all vineyards and qualities combined.
Year | Sales | Average price (€/ha) | Median price (€/ha) |
2020* | 5 | 23,671 | 13,774 |
2022 | 1 | 27,563 | 27,563 |
2023 | 2 | 32,500 | 32,500 |
2024 | 2 | 36,820 | 36,820 |
2025 | 1 | 35,870 | 35,870 |
Source: French DVF land registry, vine sales. *2020: second half only.
On the appellation side, the 2025 SAFER benchmark gives the following markers in the Loire:
Appellation | Average price 2025 (€/ha) | Price range 2025 (€/ha) |
Condrieu | 800,000 | 700,000 – 1,100,000 |
Côtes du Forez | 12,000 | 10,000 – 20,000 |
Côte roannaise | 12,000 | 10,000 – 20,000 |
Source: SAFER — 2025 market value of unleased vines.
All the national references sit in our observatory: vineyard prices in France.
Pick your side: the department's Loire wines page for the Roannaise and Forez, the Rhône page for Condrieu and Saint-Joseph.
See the Loire-wines side, the Rhône side and neighbouring Beaujolais.
