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France’s longest river: 1000 km
“Le Jardin de la France”: The agricultural center of France Maritime climate near the coast: mild, gentle Continental climate further inland: warm summers & cold winters Greatest diversity of wines & wine styles in France An outstanding source for fresh crisp dry & sweet whites; light, delicate fruity reds. |
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White Grapes
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Chenin Blanc
Muscadet (Melon de Bourgogne) Sauvignon Blanc Chardonnay Chasselas Gros Plant (Folle Blanche) |
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Red Grapes
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Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon Pinot Noir Gamay Malbec (Cot) Groslot or Grolleau |
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Pay Nantais
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Muscadet AOC’s
- Muscadet - Muscadet des Coteaux de la Loire - Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu - Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine |
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Muscadet Sur Lie
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wines matured on the lees
for 6-9 months following harvest Must be used in conjunction with one of the appellations |
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Anjou AOCs Wine Styles & Grapes
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Anjou (RWP):
- Over 50% production is rosé - Whites from Chenin Blanc & Sauvignon Blanc - Reds from Cabernet Franc & Sauvignon |
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Anjou AOCs
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Rosé d’Anjou: Cabernet d’Anjou, Cabernet de Saumur (P)
- -Rosés from Grolleau, Cabernet Franc & Sauvignon, Pineau d’Aunis, Gamay Anjou-Villages: (Red only) - Still red wine from Cabernet Franc & Cabernet Sauvignon Savennières: Dry white Wines - Minuscule appellation (approximately 190 acres) - Very low yields - Dry wines from Chenin Blanc - Soil: blue slate schist, volcanic, and sand - Best wines have great aging potential |
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Savennières
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Two best vineyards/AOC’s:
Clos de la Coulée de Serrant La Roche aux Moines |
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Coteaux du Layon
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Sweet, botrytis-affected wines from Chenin Blanc
Must be harvested by tries 30 hl/ha (25 ha/hl for Chaume & Villages) Made only in exceptional years |
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Coteaux du Layon:
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Coteaux du Layon
Coteaux du Layon Villages (6) Chaume 1er Cru Bonnezeaux Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru |
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Saumur AOCs
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Saumur Mousseux (W &P)
- Sparkling wines from Chenin Blanc with up to 20% Chardonnay & Sauvignon Blanc - Best wines made by Methode Traditionelle Rosé d’Anjou, Cabernet d’Anjou, Cabernet de Saumur (P) - Rosés from Grolleau, Cabernet Franc & Sauvignon, Pineau d’Aunis, Gamay Anjou-Villages (Red only) - Still red wine from Cabernet Franc & Cabernet Sauvignon |
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Touraine AOCs
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Vouvray
- Chenin blanc - Soils: limestone over tufa - Wide range of styles - Sec - demi-sec – moêlleux-doux - Still - pétillant - mousseux-sparkling Montlouis - Across the river from Vouvray - Chenin Blanc wines in the same styles as Vouvray Chinon - Red wines from Cabernet Franc & up to 10% Cabernet Sauvignon - Tufa soils Bourgueil & St. Nicolas de Bourgueil - Same styles as Chinon - Sandy soils - More austere in style Touraine-Amboise, Azay-le-Rideau, Mesland (RWP) - Cabernets, Gamay, Malbec; Chenin Blanc Valençay (RWP) Jasnière (White, Chenin Blanc) |
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Central Valley
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Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Noir |
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Central Valley AOCs
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Sancerre (RWP)
Pouilly Fumé (W) Reuilly (RWP) Menetou-Salon (RWP) Quincy (W) |
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Sancerre
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Limestone: Kimmeridgian clay soils
Whites from Sauvignon Blanc Reds and rosés from Pinot Noir (25% total production) |
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Pouilly-Fumé
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Limestone and silex soils
Whites from Sauvignon Blanc |
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Other Loire AOCs
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Menetou Salon
- Adjacent to Sancerre - White, red and rosé from SB, PN, and Gamay Quincy - Whites from Sauvignon Blanc Red and rosé classified as Vin de Pays Reuilly - White, red, and rosé from SB, PN and Pinot Gris Pouilly sur Loire - Whites from the Chasselas grape |
