Centre-Val de Loire is the region of reference sauvignons and cabernet francs: Sancerre and the Centre-Loire in the Cher, the Touraine of great reds and chenins in Indre-et-Loire, Cheverny and the Cher valley in Loir-et-Cher, Valençay and Reuilly in the Indre, Orléans and the Giennois in the Loiret.
This regional page orders five departmental markets with very different profiles — from Sancerre scarcity to Berry entry tickets — and links to the detailed analyses.
The Cher concentrates the values (Sancerre, Menetou); Indre-et-Loire offers the deepest market (Chinon, Bourgueil, Vouvray); Loir-et-Cher combines sauvignon trade and château wine tourism; the Indre and Loiret keep the entry points and reconquests.
Everywhere, spring frost structures the risk, and Loire-château tourism structures the opportunity: estates organised for hospitality outperform at resale.
The DVF registry of notarised sales makes it possible to follow vine prices in Centre-Val de Loire over recent seasons:
Year | Sales | Average price (€/ha) | Median price (€/ha) |
2020* | 46 | 54,003 | 22,707 |
2021 | 101 | 33,339 | 19,962 |
2022 | 109 | 42,796 | 23,838 |
2023 | 125 | 38,577 | 21,000 |
2024 | 127 | 55,904 | 23,914 |
2025 | 149 | 43,717 | 18,666 |
Source: French DVF land registry, vine sales. *2020: second half only.
From 2021 to 2025, the median value fell (-6%).
To extend the analysis beyond this area, see our observatory of vineyard prices in France.
Pick your department for appellation details, benchmarks and listings — and for the vineyard's ocean half, our Pays de la Loire page completes the picture.
See the Loire Valley vineyard, the Cher (Sancerre), Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher.
