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Touraine wine map

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Wine style and grape of Chinon

Soil of Chinon

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White: Chenin Blanc
Rosé / Red: Cabernet Franc plus a max. 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Varennes (alluvial sand)
Tuffeau (soft limestone)
Clay

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Wine style and grape of Bourgueil

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Rosé & Red

Cabernet Franc plus a max. 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

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Wine style and grape of St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

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Rosé & Red

Cabernet Franc plus a max. 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

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Wine style and grape of Vouvray

Soil

Blanc Sec residual sugar requirement

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Blanc
Vin Mousseux
Vin Pétillant

Chenin Blanc with max. 5% Orbois

Tuffeau Limestone

Blanc “Sec”: max. 8 g/l

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Vouvray may be produced in a range of which sweetness levels

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Sec
Sec-tendre (off-dry)
Demi-sec
Moelleux
Liquoreux

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Wine style and grape of Montlouis-sur-Loire

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Blanc
Vin Mousseux
Vin Pétillant
Vin Mousseux à Fermentation Unique
(ancestral method)

100% Chenin Blanc

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8
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5 subzones of Touraine

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Amboise
Mesland
Azay-le-Rideau
Oisly
Chenonceaux

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Wine style and grape of Touraine AOP

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White, Rosé, Red
Varietal - Gamay
Vin Mousseaux
Vin Pétillant

White: Sauvignon Blanc / Sauvignon Gris
Rose: Many grapes
Red:
Mainly Côt
Plus Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay, Pinot Noir

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Wine style and grape of Touraine Noble-Joué AOP

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Vin Gris style Rosé

Min. 50% Pinot Meunier
Plus Pinot Gris & Pinot Noir

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Pinot Meunier and Pinot Gris are known as what in Touraine

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Gris Meunier

Malvoisie

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Coteaux du Loir wine style and grape

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Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc

Rosé / Rouge: Min 50% Pineau d’Aunis

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Jasnières wine style and grape

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Blanc

100% Chenin Blanc

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Two appellation in Touraine producing Vin Gris rosé

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Touraine Noble Joué

Coteaux du Vendômois

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Coteaux du Vendômois wine style and grape

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Blanc:
Chenin Blanc, plus max. 20% Chardonnay

Rosé (Vin Gris):
100% Pineau d’Aunis

Rouge:
Min. 50% Pineau d’Aunis

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Wine style and grape of Cheverny

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White:
Sauvignon Blanc & Sauvignon Gris

Rosé / Red:
Pinot Noir & Gamay

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Wine style and grape of Cour-Cheverny

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Dry or sweet Romorantin

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Wine style and grape of Valençay

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White:
Sauvignon Blanc

Rose / Red:
Gamay, Pinot Noir, Côt
(All three principal varieties must be present in the blend)

17
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Where is Olga Raffault

Loire (5 decks)

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