5. Loire Valley

Question 1

Pays Nantais

Answer 1

o Cool maritime, schist and sand (poor, free-draining)
o Melon de Bourgogne (Muscadet) -> sur lie
o Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine, Muscadet
o High-volume to mid-priced

Question 2

Anjou-Saumur

Answer 2

o Cool continental with maritime influences
o Clay-limestone, flint-clay, sand, gravel and tuff
o Chenin Blanc for dry, off-dry and sweet white wines
o Cabernet Franc for red wines and as one contributor to rosé wines
o Savennières, Layon, Saumur-Champigny
o Rosé de Loire (dry), Rosé d’Anjou (medium-dry) and Cabernet
d’Anjou (medium-dry)
o High-volume and small batches

Question 3

Touraine

Answer 3

o Cool continental
o Clay-limestone, flint-clay, sand, gravel, more chalk
o White (Chenin and SB), red (CF and Côt) and rosé (CF, Grolleau,
Gamay) still wines (and sparkling)
o Vouvray, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Chinon, Touraine AOC
o High-volume and small batches

Question 4

Central Vineyards

Answer 4

o Full cool continental / Caillotes, Terres Blanches and Silex
o SB (70%), PN and SG
o Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé, Menetou-Salon, Quincy, Reuilly
o Mid to super-premium-priced