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The area around Chinon, Bourgueil and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil produces the majority of the Loire Valley's red wine based on the Cabernet franc grape—known in this areas as Breton. The wines of the Chinon area are the softest and rich expression of the grape while the Bourgueil area produces more tannic and firm wines.
Cheverny (French pronunciation: [ʃəvɛʁni]) is a French wine region in the Loire Valley that makes dry white wines, light red wines and rosé wines. The area received AOVDQS ( Appellation d'Origine Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure ) status in 1973, and then AOC ( Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée ) on 26 March 1993 when new regulatory ...
Quincy white wine is only made using the Sauvignon grape. Sauvignon blanc is the main grape planted, while the closely related Sauvignon gris grape represents 10% of the planted surfaces. The not so fertile soil reduces the exuberance of the Sauvignon vegetation well. Harvesting control also ensures optimum maturity of the grape.
This wine is produced in the Nantes vineyards along the Loire Valley, in the same area as Muscadet, with the addition of a few communes in the western part of the Pays de Retz near the Atlantic Ocean. But its preferred terroir remains the sandy soils around Lac de Grand-Lieu. Hydrography plays an important role in the development of vines.
The Pouilly-Fumé wine of the Loire Valley is generally produced from flint-based soil and is said to have "gun-flint" smell in the wine. Galestro – Schist based soil found in the Tuscany region of Italy. Granite – Composed of 40–60% quartz, 30–40% Orthoclase and various amounts of hornblende, mica, and other minerals. This soil warms ...
The region produce more variety of different wine styles, from different grape varieties than any other Loire Valley wine region. [7] The majority of wine production in the region revolves around sweet white wines produced under their own sub-appellation including the Coteaux du Layon, Bonnezeaux, Quarts de Chaume and Coteaux de l'Aubance AOCs. [1]
Montlouis: located only a few kilometres to the east of Tours, Montlouis-sur-Loire gives its name to white wines that are less well known outside of the Touraine region and are all made from Chenin Blanc grapes. The Montlouis-sur-Loire (or "Montlouis") wine-growing area was originally part of the Vouvray region, but lay on the left bank of the ...
La Commanderie des Grands Vins d'Amboise (the Order of the Great Wines of Amboise) is a guild for the promotion of fine wines founded on 15 April 1967 by a team of wine-growers who were backed by Michel Debré, honorary president of the Syndicat des Vins de Touraine Amboise (Touraine-Amboise wine-growers' union).