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LOIRE VALLEY
climate and separation of region |
- CLIMATE: cool, northern climate. exists on the fringe of the lowest temperatures at which grapes can ripen
- SEPARATION: western, upper, and middle |
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Loire Valley WHITE GRAPES
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PRIMARY:
chenin blanc sauv. blanc melon de bourgogne SECONDARY: arbois chardonnay folle blanche |
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Loire Valley RED GRAPES
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PRIMARY:
cabernet franc gamay cabernet sauvignon SECONDARY: côt (malbec) pineau d'aunis pinot meunier grolleau pinot noir |
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WESTERN LOIRE subappellations
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Nantes
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NANTES
location, climate, grapes |
- LOCATION: westernmost in Loire
- CLIMATE: Atlantic maritime - GRAPES: melon de bourgogne |
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NANTES
generic appellations |
- MUSCADET: lightest/simplest style of wine
- MUSCADET DES COTEAUX DE LA LOIRE: wines w/ little more fullness, still very tart, lacking in full fruit ripeness - MUSCADET CÔTES DE GRANDLIEU: wines w/ noticeable weight/strucure - MUSCADET SÉVRE ET MAINE: fullest/ripest wine styles |
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MUSCADET SÉVRE ET MAINE
landscape, soil, info. |
- highest quality generic appellation of Nantes in Western Loire
- LANDSCAPE: grapes grown on hilly slopes w/ great sun exposure - SOIL: grown on soil w/ clay, granite, volcanic soils - WINE MAKING: long, slow, cool stainless steel fermentation. wine left sur lié until ready to bottle |
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GROS PLANT
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- IGP wine from Nantes
- white wine made in Muscadet - tart, somewhat watery version of Muscadet - made from folle blanche grape |
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CENTRAL LOIRE
grapes |
WHITES:
chenin blanc chardonnay sauvignon blanc REDS: cab. franc grolleau cab. sauv. côt (malbec) pinor noir gamay |
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CENTRAL LOIRE
subappellations |
Anjou
Saumur Touraine |
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ANJOU
generic appellations |
- Anjou Blanc
- Rosé d'Anjou - Cabernet d'Anjou - Rosé de la Loire - Anjou Rouge - Anjou-Villages - Anjou-Gamay - Anjou Mousseux |
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ANJOUR BLANC
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- best dry white of Anjou
- 100% chenin blanc - law allows up to 20% chardonnay or sauv. blanc |
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ROSÉ D'ANJOU
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- semisweet
- gamay, grolleau, côt, or cabernet franc |
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CABERNET D'ANJOU
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- semisweet rosé
- cabernet sauvignon or cabernet franc <i>only</i> |
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ROSÉ DE LA LOIRE
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- dry rosé
- minimum 30% cabernet franc. the rest can be gamay, grolleau, or pinot noir |
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ANJOU ROUGE and ANJOU-VILLAGES
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- dry reds
- cabernet franc |
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ANJOUR GAMAY
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- dry red
- gamay only |
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Loire SPARKLING WINE categories
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1. sparkling wines w/ specific appellation (Anjou Mousseux, Saumur Mousseux, etc.)
2. Crémant de la Loire |
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ANJOU
subzones |
Savennières
Coteaux du Layon Bonnezeaux Quarts du Chaume Coteaux de l'Aubance |
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SAVENNIÈRES
landscape, most famous wine |
- LANDSCAPE: steep, south-facing slopes of volcanic schist
- FAMOUS WINE: Clos de la Coulée de Serrant |
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QUARTS DE CHAUME, BONNEZEAUX, and COTEAUX L'AUBANCE
wine styles, grapes, landscape, soil |
- WINES: semisweet and sweet
- GRAPES: chenin blanc only - LANDSCAPE: vineyards spread out along fairly steep slate, schist and limestone slopes that form the banks of the Layon River - Bonnezeaux and Quarts de Chaume lay within Coteaux du Layon |
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ANJOU
sweet wine tasting notes |
floral
peach apricot high acid flintiness from soil |
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SAUMUR
generic appellations |
- SAUMUR BLANC: almost identical to Anjou Blanc. Chenin Blanc.
- SAUMUR ROUGE: cab. franc or cab. sauv. - CABERNET DE SAUMUR: semisweet rosé. cab. franc and cab. sauv. |
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SAUMUR
communes |
- Saumur-Champigny
- Coteaux de Saumur - Saumur Mousseux - Crémant de la Loire |
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SAUMUR MOUSSEUX
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- méthode champenoise
- chalk cellars for aging - aged minimum 9 months after second fermentation - mostly chenin blanc |
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TOURAINE
location, landscape, grapes |
- LOCATION: east of Anjou-Saumur. surrounds city of Tours, extending both east and west
- LANDSCAPE: rolling fields/vineyards - WHITE GRAPES: sauvignon blanc, chenin blanc - RED GRAPES: gamay, cab. sauv., pineau d'aunis, cab. franc, côt, grolleau |
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TOURAINE
generic appellations |
Touraine Blanc
Touraine Rouge Touraine Primeur Touraine Mousseux |
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TOURAINE PRIMEUR
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- Touraine Rouge that has been bottled immediately after harvest (Beaujolais Nouveau style)
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TOURAINE ROUGE
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- simple red wine
- can be a blend of any of approved red grapes - many producers only make wine using just gamay and the carbonic maceration (Beaujolais style) |
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TOURAINE MOUSSEUX
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- méthode champenoise
- mostly chenin blanc |
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TOURAINE
communes |
- Bourgueil
- Chinon - Saint-Nicholas-de-Bourgueil - Vouvray - Montlouis - Jasnières - Coteaux du Loir - Cheverny |
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BOURGUEIL and CHINON
wine styles, grapes, landscape, soil |
- WINES: two best reds in Loire - still & rosé
- RED GRAPES: cab. franc and cab. sauv. - WHITE GRAPES: chenin blanc - LANDSCAPE: south-facing slopes - SOIL: volcanic clay limestone tuffeau subsoil, w/ gravel and clay topsoil |
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SAINT-NICHOLAS-DE-BOURGUEIL
location, grapes, wine styles |
- LOCATION: northwest of Bourgueil
- GRAPES: cab. franc and cab. sauv. - WINE STYLES: similar style red wines as Bourgueil/Chinon. small amount of rosé also made |
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CHINON, BOURGUEIL, and ST-NICHOLAS-DE-BOURGUEIL
wine tasting notes |
raspberry, violet, cassis, briary/spicy flavors
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VOUVRAY
location, landscape, soil, grapes |
- LOCATION: on north bank of Loire
- LANDSCAPE: vineyards cling to top of cliffs - SOIL: tuffeau rock, a type of limestone - GRAPES: chenin blanc |
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VOUVRAY
wine styles |
- white wines only.
- STILL WINES: varying sweetness levels. sweet winemaking depends on how long/warm growing season is. sweet grapes always infected w/ botrytis - VOUVRAY MOUSSEUX: méthode champenoise. made in shorter/cooler years |
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VOUVRAY
wine sweetness categories |
- SEC: dry (0-0.4% sugar)
- DEMI-SEC: medium dry (off-dry) (0.4-1.2% sugar) - MOËLLEUX: medium sweet (1.2-45% sugar) - DOUX: quite sweet (more than 4.5% sugar) |
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MONTLOUIS
location, wine styles |
- LOCATION: across the river from and facing Vouvray
- WINES: similar to Vouvray |
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JASNIÈRES
location, wine styles, grapes |
- LOCATION: close to Loir river (tributary of Loire), adjacent to Coteaux du Loir
- WINES: dry whites only - GRAPES: chenin blanc |
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COTEAUX DU LOIR
wine styles, grapes |
- WINES: more red and rosé wines than whites
- GRAPES: pineau d'aunis (chenin noir), cab. franc, gamay, côt |
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CHEVERNY
wine styles, grapes, labeling |
- WINES: mousseux, rosés, reds, whites
- WHITE GRAPES: mostly sauv. blanc, w/ chenin blanc, chardonay - RED GRAPES: mostly gamay, w/ cab. franc, côt, pinot noir - LABELING: wines may include varietal name on label |
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UPPER LOIRE
soil |
- combination of kimmeridgian (chalky marl) and portlandian (hard limetsone)
- pockets of flint - outcroppings of calcareous tufa (volcanic) |
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UPPER LOIRE
subappellations |
Pouilly-Fumé
Pouilly-sur-Loire Sancerre Quincy Ménetou-Salon Reuilly Coteaux du Giennois Côte Roannaise Côtes du Forez Orléans St-Pourçain |
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POUILLY-FUMÉ
grapes, soil, winemaking |
- GRAPES: sauvignon blanc - known as Blanc Fumé
- SOIL: mostly limestone - WINEMAKING: fermentation in stainless steel or old oak barrels. malolactic fermentation allowed on a piecemeal, haphazard basis - also sweet moëlleux-style wines made |
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POUILLY-SUR-LOIRE
soil, grapes |
- SOIL: less mineral, sandier soils
- GRAPES: chasselas |
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SANCERRE
soil, grapes |
- SOIL: marly kimmeridgian soils and calcareous/flint soils
- WHITE GRAPES: sauv. blanc - RED GRAPES: pinot noir |
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QUINCY
location, soil, grapes |
- LOCATION: on banks of the Chef (Loire tributary)
- SOIL: high clay content - GRAPES: sauvignon blanc |
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MÉNÉTOU-SALON
location, wine styles, grapes |
- LOCATION: situated between Sancerre to east and Quincy to west
- WINES: whites, reds, rosés - WHITE GRAPES: sauvignon blanc - RED GRAPES: pinot noir |
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REUILLY
location, soil, wine styles, grapes |
- LOCATION: located at southwest corner of Loire region
- SOIL: small outcropping of limestone - WINES: whites, reds, rosés - WHITE GRAPES: sauv. blanc (still), pinot gris (rosés, blended w/ pinot noir) - RED GRAPES: pinot noir |
