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1
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Pays Nantais AOCs

A

Muscadet
Muscadet corteaux de La loire
Muscadet serve et Maine
Muscadet cotes de Grandlieu

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7 DCG Muscadet sever et Maine

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Goulaine
Gorges
Mouzillon Tillieres
Monnieres saint fiacre
Clisson
Chateau thebaud 
Le pallet
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3
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Dutch influence

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Supplier of wine to England
Influenced farmers to plant folle Blanche
Make brandewijn

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4
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Primary white

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Chenin blanc

Others- sauv blanc, Chardonnay, orbois/arbois

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Primary rose grapes

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Grolleau

Sauvignon gris- “fie gris” used by haut poitou

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Anjou-saumur AOCs whole region

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Anjou
Rose d Anjou (off dry)
Cabernet d Anjou (cab/cab)
Anjou villages (red only)
Rose de loire (covers touraine as well)
Cremant de loire
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Anjou-saumur AOCs

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Savenniers
Savenniers roche aux monies
Coulee de serrant 
Anjou brissac
Saumur
Saumur champigny 
Anjou coteaux de La loire
Coteaux de aubance
Coteaux du layon 
Quarts de chaume 
Bonnezeaux
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Savenniers AOC

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100% CB

Sweet permitted

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Savenniers roche aux monies

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Lieu dit within savenniers
Lower yields, hand harvest, two passes, no chap
Can be sweet 30g/l

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Coulee de serrant AOC

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Within Savennieres
Monople Nicolas joy
Two passes, low yield, biodynamic
Can be sweet

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Coteaux du Lyon 1er Cru Chaume

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Sweet wines from CB
Hand picked, several passes
Late or noble 80g/l

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12
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Quarts de Chaume Grand cru

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Noble or passerillage
Layon river
85g/l

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13
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Bonnezeaux

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51g/l

Higher acid than other sweet wine regions

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14
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  1. Rose d Anjou AOC
  2. Cabernet d anjou AOC
  3. Rose de Loire AOC
A
  1. Off dry, Grolleau 7g/l
  2. 10g/l cab/cab med sweet
  3. Dry rose
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15
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Saumur AOC

A 
More mousseux than still
Traditional 9mo saumur brut
CB (100%), CF, 
Rose are dry
DGC Puy Norte Dam
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16
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Anjou AOC

A 
Mousseux/fines bulles
Dry white
Red
No Rose
Sp white
Sp rose
Gamay primer
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17
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Mousseux

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Less demanding production standard then cremant
No aging requirements
3 atm
Non cremant AOCs

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18
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Petillant

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Fizzy/semi sparkling

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19
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Coteaux de Saumur AOC

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Only Uses CB
Sweet or semi sweet
Over ripe or noble
34g/l

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20
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Haut Poitou AOC

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SB, CF
Continental
South facing
Sand, chalk, clay, flint

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21
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Saumur champigny

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Only red
CF (CS, Pineau)
Most important red AOC
Tuffeau
Igni “field of fire”
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22
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Anjou coteaux de la Loire AOC

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CB
Sweet to semi
North and south banks of the Loire

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23
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Coteaux de Aubance

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CB
34g/l
SGN if noble rot
Warmest of Anjou

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Coteaux du layon

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CB
Sweet or semi
6 DCG - beaulieu sur layon, faye d Anjou, rablay sur Layon, rochefort sur loire, saint aubin de luigne, saint lambert du latty
Noble rot SGN label and a min 19% etoh

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25
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Touraine soil types

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Tuffeau - west, white chalk
Argiles silex/perruches - flinty clay
Aubuis- clay limestone
Sedimentary deposits - sand gravel

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26
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Romorantin

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Mineral, bees wax, honey, austere
Exclusive to cour-cheverny
Pinot teinturier x gouais blanc

27
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Fie Gris

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Sauvignon gris in the Loire

28
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Touraine AOC whole region

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White - SB
Reds - CF (west of tours), cot (east)
Rose - dry, no more than 70% single varieties
Sparkling - small amount

29
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Touraine DGC

A 
Amboise
Azay le rideau
Chenonceaux
Mesland 
Oisly
30
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Touraine noble joule AOC

A

Only Rose
Vin gris - PM, PN, PG
Always dry

31
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Rose de loire AOC

A

Dry only

Smallest production

32
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Cremant de loire

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All Touraine

33
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Valencay AOC

A

Goat cheese
Perruches soil
Mostly SB and Gamay rose

34
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Chinon AOC

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Red wines, largest AOC by volume
Tuffeau
CF, can blend CS
CB 100%

35
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Bourgueil AOC

A

CF

Tuffeau

36
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Tuffeau wines desc

A

Structure/complex

Spice plum

37
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Gravel wines desc

38
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Sandy soil wine desc

A

Light fruity

39
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Gravel/limestone wine desc

A

Fuller body

Tannic

40
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St nicolas de Bourgueil

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CF
Gravel
Raspberry supple mouthfeel

41
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Vouvray AOC

A

CB some orbois
Some oceanic influences
60% mousseux and petillant 12 sur lie

42
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Montlouis sur loire AOC

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CB only
Slate gravel
35% organic or terra vitis
Majority sparkling

43
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Cheverny AOC

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SB, PN, Sauvignon gris
Rivers- beuvron, bievre, cosson
Warmer, 32% terra vitis

44
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Cour-Cheverny AOC

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Romorantin only

King Froncous ordered plantings

45
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Orleans AOC

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Pinot meunier

Chardonnay, Pinot gris

46
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Orleans clery AOC

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CF red only

Within Orleans AOC

47
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Caillottes

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Limestone rich portlandian marl pebbles

48
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Terres blanches

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Kimmerigean marl

49
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Sancerre

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100% SB, PN
Silex, caillottes, blanches
50% grand in spots
Lieu dit- chavignol, monts dammes

50
Q

Pouilly fume

A

Flinty

Smoke

51
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Pouilly sur loire

A

100% chasselas

52
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Menteou salon

A

Wet stones
100% SB, PN
Increase risk of front, flatter

53
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Quincy AOC

A

Dry white wines SB, blend is Sauvignon gris

Cher river

54
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Reuilly AOC

A

Two separate vineyards
Arnon river
Always frost to harvest in center loire
100% SB, PN

55
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Anjou wine styles mix

A

Anjou AOC- dry white, red, semi sweet to sweet white, sparkling white and rose

Haut pointou- Dry white, red, rose

Saumur AOC - above no sweet

56
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Anjou reds

A

Anjou villages
Anjou brissac
Saumur champigny

57
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Anjou rose

A

Cabernet d Anjou

Rose d Anjou

58
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Anjou sweet

A 
Coteaux du layon - sweet and semi white
Quarts de Chaume- sweet white
Bonnezeaux- sweet white
Anjou coteaux de La loire - sweet to semi
Coteaux de l aubance - sweet to semi
Savenniers - sweet, semi and dry white
Savenniers roche aux monies - above
Coulee de serrant- above
Coteaux de samur- sweet, semi
59
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Touraine wine styles mix

A

Touraine - dry white, red, rose. Sparkling white and rose

Coteaux du vendomois above and both sweet

Coteaux du loire above all

60
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Touraine basics wines

A 
Valencay red rose white
Bourgueil red rose
Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil red rose
Cheverny red rose white
Orleans red rose white
61
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Touraine rose only

A

Touraine noble joue

Rose de Loire

62
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Touraine sweet main

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Vouvray white dry, sweet semi sparkling
Montlouis sur loire above
Cour Cheverny above
Jasniers above

63
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Center loire wine styles whites only

A

Pouilly fume
Pouilly sur loire
Quincy

64
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Center loire mix wine styles

A

Sancerre dry white rose red
Menetou salon above
Reuilly above

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