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The world’s most diverse range of wines Loire Valley 2018 – quite simply an exceptional year!

hat a year! Even our oldest On the whole, however, these were skilfu- winegrowers can scarcely lly managed by winegrowers. Summer remember a better harvest, temperatures then reached an ALL-TIME both for quality and yield. high; grapes continued to grow well and W2018 will be etched on all our memories as remained in robust health, and harvests a historic vintage, some say on a par with throughout the vineyards were almost as 1959, which is ranked among the Loire’s early as those of 2017. Conditions were very best vintages. (Le Point, March 2019). consistently excellent from the end of From Nantes to Sancerre, we’re seeing August right through to October. Growers highly aromatic, flavourful wines across all harvested their fruit with total peace of three colours. Overall harvest volumes for mind, knowing the grapes had reached full Loire Valley AOC and PGI wines in the Inter- maturity. loire and BIVC area are predicted to soar to 2.9 million hectolitres, up considerably on 2017’s 2.2 million hl, and a welcome return OUTSTANDING AROMATIC to normal figures after a run of low-yiel- COMPLEXITY IN WHITES (both ding harvests. This gives us plenty of scope still and sparkling) AND ROSÉS to meet the needs of the market and reple- nish stocks. In the Nantais, the first Melon grapes were picked in mid-August. Balance was excellent, Spring weather was very favourable, pro- with acidity lower than average. The grapes moting remarkably early flowering and ex- are rich, with good aromatic complexity. cellent fruit set. Unhampered by hail or frost, the vines continued to develop normally The same goes for Chenins and Chardonnays with no major problems - until June. June destined for dry whites and sparkling wine brought bouts of heavy rain, followed by se- bases, which were picked between the end rious attacks of mildew. of August and 20th September. This has been

Jean-Martin Dutour, President of InterLoire, sums it up:

‘‘Harvesting conditions were perfect throughout September and October, and harvests were managed calmly and confidently. This has been an outstanding year, the best in living memory: rich in quality and generous in quantity. A great year for the Loire Valley, putting us in a good position to meet market requirements.’’ a good year for sparkling wines, with condi- SMOOTH, tions conducive to excellent BALANCE. WELL-ROUNDED REDS Stocks are set to be replenished with a very high-quality product indeed. Harvesting finished around 10th October for Cabernet Franc and Côt, while Cabernet In Touraine, the first Sauvignons show thiol- Sauvignons finished picking in mid-Octo- based flavours of citrus and pineapple. Those ber. The future looks as bright for reds as it picked later are full of peach and apricot, does for whites and rosés, in yield as well as giving plenty of scope for making superb quality, and the hot weather has led to hi- blends. gher-than-average potential alcohol levels. This year, the Cabernets from sandy terroirs For rosés, Cabernets are showing a wealth of show thiol- based flavours, with red fruit DELICIOUSLY FRUITY flavours - particularly and florals, notably violets. Tuffeau wines cherries and redcurrants - while rosés made are FRUITIER and more CONCENTRATED, from Grolleau, Côt and Gamay are brimming with morello cherry and raspberry jam fla- with delightful aromas. vours. Colours are deep and intense, almost black. The wines are well-ROUNDED, vel- Moving on to sweet wines, this year’s hot vety-smooth and SILKY; the Côts in parti- weather caused a certain amount of pas- cular are magnificent, their profiles quite serillage, a natural drying-out of the grapes unlike what we’re used to. We’re looking while still on the vine. Botrytisation - where forward to seeing a good range of vins de grapes are affected by a microfungus - deve- garde this year, wines that will age for 10 or loped slowly due to lack of humidity. Again, even 15 years. the grapes were in robust health, and have produced some of the truly great sweet wines which can only be made in a particularly good year.

delicious floral velvety cherry Exceptional balanced maturity apricot fruity redcurrant richness of aroma smooth morello cherry citrus round Vineyards

51 appelations and designations of origin 4 Loire Valley PGIs

57,200 ha of vines, including 25% with environmental accreditation (Organic/HVE/Terravitis/ Agriconfiance) Across:

5 14 800 regions departments km of wine trails

1st 1st 2nd 3rd Largest AOP Largest AOP largest AOP largest French wine vineyard area for vineyard area vineyard area region by AOP volume sparkling wine for white wine for rosé wine (excl. Champagne)

y 1 of 10 00 ea European vineyards 0 rs 2 recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

O F Y from Sully-sur-Loire H I S TO R to Chalonnes-sur-Loire Wines

Production by colour

24 varietals, chiefly 41% Melon white de Dry Bourgogne 24% % % Cabernet Chenin Sauvignon and 21 14 franc rosé red sparkling Sweet Vineyards Wine-Related Businesses

6,200 250 16 winegrowers négociants cooperative wineries Wine Tourism

350 100% 1/3 1,000 st wineries open visitor visitors estates open 1 to visitors satisfaction from abroad to the public France’s top Wine Tourism region based on quality of service* * joint with Alsace

Sales

320million Turnover 2017 bottles sold every € 1.3 billion year across 160 countries bottles 253 67 per second from export million million bottles bottles K€ 278,000 in France (79%) exported (21%)

Breakdown of exports by volume/country

7% Canada 18% UK 15% Germany 24% Other (Netherlands, 25% Japan, Australia, USA 11% Sweden, Belgium etc)

Sources : InterLoire, BIVC, INAO, Douanes, IRI, Bebetter LES VINS DU VALVINS DU DE LOIRE 47° Nord

AnjouAnjou Anjou-Villages Brissac Cabernet d’Anjou Coteaux de l’Aubance AnjouAnjou Anjou-VillagesAnjou-Brissac Brissac Rosé d’Anjou Cabernet d’Anjou Coteaux de l’Aubance Rosé d’Anjou Anjou-Villages AnjouAnjou Anjou-Villages Brissac Orléans Cabernet d’Anjou CoteauxCoteaux de l’Aubance Forêt de Bercé Rosé d’Anjoudu VendômoisAnjou-Villages Orléans Orléans Orléans Coteaux Sarthe Anjou-Villages Coteaux Jasnières Forêt de Bercé du VendômoisForêt de Bercé Orléansdu Vendômois Orléans Sarthe Cheverny Vendôme SartheJasnières

Coteaux du Loir Cheverny Mayenne

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Tours Amboise de Sologne Mesland Sancerre Loire Saint-Nicolas- Aubance Loire Bourgueil de la Brière du Pays Nantais Parc naturel Champigny Touraine Touraine de-BourgueilAnjou-Coteaux Oisly Menetou-Salon Ancenis Régional Loire Montrichard Amboise Blois Beuvron Anjou-Touraine Nantesde la Loire Tours Amboise Saumur Sancerre Loire Bourgueil Layon Sancerre Parc Naturel Gros PlantAubance Loire Angers Touraine Vouvray Forêt Régional Coteaux du Layon Saint-Nicolas-Oisly Menetou-Salon de Sologne de la Brière du Pays Nantais 11erer Cru Cru ChaumeChaume Montrichard Parc naturelChinon de-Bourgueil Nantes Saumur Quarts de Chaume Régional Loire Montlouis- Quincy AncenisLac de Clisson Grand Cru sur-Loire Pouilly-Fumé Grandlieu Anjou-Touraine Tours Amboise Pouilly-sur-Loire Layon Cholet BourgueilTouraine Sancerre Loire Aubance Loire Noble-Joué Touraine Bourges Coteaux du Layon Coteaux du Layon Chenonceaux Nevers Touraine erer Maine “Villages” Saumur Valençay 11 Cru Cru ChaumeChaume Puy-Notre-Dame Touraine Oisly Sèvre Nantaise Bonnezeaux Azay-le-Rideau Reuilly Montrichard Quarts de Chaume Chinon Montlouis-Saumur Coteaux Touraine Quincy de SaumurSaumur Indre Lac de Grand Cru Nantes Muscadet Côtes sur-Loire Chinon Pouilly-Fumé Clisson de Grandlieu Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Coteaux Loire Grandlieu du Layon Pouilly-sur-LoireCher Cholet et “Crus Communaux” Layon Sancerre Muscadet Touraine Parc Naturel Régional Châteauroux Noble-Joué Touraine de la Brenne Coteaux du Layon Bourges Arnon Chenonceaux Vienne Coteaux du Layon erer Thouet Nevers Maine “Villages” Saumur 11 Cru Cru ChaumeChaume Valençay Creuse Les Sables Lay Haut Poitou d’Olonne Puy-Notre-DameQuarts de ChaumeTouraine Chinon Montlouis- Sèvre Nantaise Bonnezeaux Poitiers Reuilly Saint-Pourçain Coteaux Fiefs Azay-le-Rideau Touraine Lac de Saumur Clisson Vendéens Grand Cru sur-Loire Muscadet Côtes Grandlieu de Saumur Chinon Indre de Grandlieu Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Coteaux Cholet Touraine Loire du Layon Cher et “Crus Communaux” Noble-Joué ChâteaumeillantTouraine Parc Naturel Régional Bourges Parc Naturel Régional Allier Muscadet Océan Atlantique Coteauxdu duMarais PoitevinLayon Châteauroux Chenonceaux Nevers de la Brenne Valençay Maine “Villages” Saumur Arnon Thouet Vienne Puy-Notre-Dame Touraine Sèvre Nantaise Bonnezeaux Creuse Azay-le-Rideau Touraine Saint-Pourçain Les Sables Haut Poitou Saumur Coteaux Lay de Saumur Chinon Indre d’Olonne Muscadet Côtes Poitiers Saint-Pourçain Fiefs de Grandlieu Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Coteaux Côtes d’Auvergne Loire Vendéens du Layon Cher et “Crus Communaux” Châteauroux Muscadet Parc Naturel Régional de la Brenne Châteaumeillant Arnon Thouet Vienne Parc Naturel Régional Océan Atlantique du Marais Poitevin Creuse ClermontAllier Ferrand Les Sables Lay Haut Poitou d’Olonne Poitiers Fiefs Vendéens Saint-Pourçain AOP ET IGP DU VAL DE LOIRE Côtes d’Auvergne VIGNOBLES NANTAIS VIGNOBLES D’ANJOU-SAUMUR VIGNOBLES DE LA TOURAINE VIGNOBLES DU CENTRE-LOIRE VIGNOBLES D’AUVERGNE Parc Naturel Régional Zoom AOP PGI area InterLoire Océan Atlantique du Marais Poitevin Allier AOP Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOP Anjou (délimitation régionale) AOP Haut-Poitou AOP Touraine (délimitation régionale) AOP Bourgueil AOP Châteaumeillant IGP Côtes de la Charité AOP Côtes d’Auvergne AOP Muscadet (délimitation régionale) AOP Rosé d’Anjou AOP Savennières AOP Touraine Amboise AOP Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP Coteaux du Giennois IGP Coteaux de Tannay AOP Saint-Pourçain AOP Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine et «Crus Communaux»* AOP Cabernet d’Anjou AOP Savennières Roche aux Moines AOP Touraine Azay-le-Rideau AOP Jasnières AOP Menetou-Salon IGP Coteaux du Cher et de l’Arnon AOP Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu AOP Anjou-Villages AOP Saumur (délimitation sous-régionale) AOP Touraine Chenonceaux AOP Coteaux-du-Loir AOP Pouilly-Fumé IGP Val de Loire AOP Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire** AOP Anjou-Villages Brissac* AOP Saumur-Champigny AOP Touraine Oisly AOP Coteaux-du-Vendômois AOP Pouilly-sur-Loire Produit sur l’ensemble du bassin viticole AOP Coteaux d’Ancenis AOP Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire AOP Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame AOP Touraine Mesland AOP Valençay AOP Quincy dans 14 départements OTC.fr - 2018 Conception © Interloire-BIVC de Loire - Vins du Val du vignoble Carte AOP Fiefs Vendéens AOP Coteaux du Layon et «Villages»** AOP Coteaux de Saumur AOP Touraine Noble-Joué AOP Cheverny AOP Reuilly Clermont Ferrand AOP Coteaux du Layon 1er Cru Chaume AOP Chinon AOP Cour-Cheverny AOP Sancerre * Clisson • Gorges • Le Pallet * (en cours) Anjou Brissac Les blancs secs / white wines AOP Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru AOP Vouvray AOP Orléans * (en cours) Goulaine • La Haye-Fouassière • Vallet ** Beaulieu-sur-Layon • Faye-d'Anjou • Rablay-sur-Layon Les rouges / red wines • Monnières-Saint-Fiacre • Mouzillon Tillières • Château-Thébaud AOP Bonnezeaux • Rochefort-sur-Loire • Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné AOP Montlouis-sur-Loire AOP Orléans-Cléry AOP Coteaux de l’Aubance • Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay Les rosés / rosé wines **(en cours) Champtoceaux AOP Coulée de Serrant Les blancs moelleux / sweet wines Rosé de Loire THE produit en Anjou et Touraine Les fines bulles/ sparkling wines Crémant de Loire produit en Anjou, Touraine et Cheverny NANTES www.vinsvaldeloire.fr www.vins-centre-loire.com VINEYARDS

Clermont Ferrand From the Atlantic coast to the APPELLATIONS VOLUME PRODUCED COLOURS farthest reaches of Anjou, the Nantes vineyards encompass 7 appellations 880,000 hl White: 82% 7 AOPs1 and the Loire Valley PGI, 1 PGI incl. 492,000 hl and measure 12,500 hectares. Rosé: 12% 3 designations of AOP Wines here - reds, whites and and 140,000 hl of PGI Red: 6% 4 gaining formal rosés - are startlingly fresh and of total Loire Valley recognition 24% crisp. The majority of wine made production by volume here is white, the star player being Muscadet made from METTEURS EN MARCHÉ VENTES AOP AOP BOTTLES SOLD the Melon de Bourgogne grape. Nantes Reds and Rosés are made Winegrowers: 1,270 France: 83% under the Coteaux d’Ancenis appellation. Cooperative wineries: 2 Export: 17% 50 Négociants: 45 1. AOPs: Fiefs Vendéens, Coteaux million d’Ancenis*, Gros Plant du Pays Nantais*, Muscadet*, Muscadet Sources : InterLoire, Douanes année 2018 pour la récolte et 2017-2018 pour la commercialisation (données AOP) Côtes de Grandlieu*, Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire*, Muscadet Sevre et Maine* Muscadet Sèvre PGI: Loire Valley* Loire Valley et Maine PGI 327,000 hl * Administrated by InterLoire TOP 3 Muscadet AOPs 140,000 hl 132,000 hl by volume 2 1 3 THE ANJOU-SAUMUR AND HAUT-POITOU VINEYARDS

With their 19 appellations1 and APPELLATIONS VOLUME PRODUCED COLOURS Loire Valley PGI, the Anjou- Saumur and Haut-Poitou 19 appellations 1,342,000 hl Rosé: 44% vineyards cover 21,400 hectares 1 PGI incl. 1,080,000 hl and enjoy a tremendous amount Red: 18% 8 designations of AOP of diversity, producing sweet and and 1 12,000 hl of PGI Sparkling: 22% dry white wines, fresh and tender 37% of total Loire Valley White: 16% rosés, and reds ready to drink production by volume young or to lay down... the list is almost endless. PRODUCERS SALES BOTTLES SOLD 1. AOPs: Anjou*, Anjou-Coteaux de Winegrowers: 2,083 France : 83% la Loire*, Anjou-Villages*, Anjou- Villages Brissac*, Bonnezeaux*, Cooperative wineries: 5 Export : 17% 124 Cabernet d’Anjou*, Coteaux Négociants: 45 de l’Aubance*, Coteaux de million Saumur*, Coteaux du Layon*, Coulée de Serrant*, Haut- Sources : InterLoire, Douanes année 2018 pour la récolte et 2017-2018 pour la commercialisation (données AOP) Poitou*, Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru*, Rosé d’Anjou*, Cabernet Saumur*, Saumur-Champigny*, Crémant d’Anjou Savennières*, Savennières TOP 3 de Loire 391,000 hl Saumur Roche aux Moines*, Crémant de AOPs 195,000 hl 140,000 hl Loire*, Rosé de Loire*. by volume 1 PGI: Loire Valley* 2 3 * Administrated by InterLoire

THE TOURAINE VINEYARDS

The Touraine vineyards stretch APPELLATIONS VOLUME PRODUCED COLOURS from Montsoreau at the borders of Anjou to Blois, encompassing 17 appellations 992,000 hl Red: 36% 17 appellations1 and the Loire 1 IGP incl. 818,000 hl Valley PGI - a total of 16,300 White: 35% 5 designations of AOP hectares. and 70,000 hl of PGI Sparkling: 16% They include some of the Loire 27% of total Loire Valley Rosé: 13% Valley’s best-known appellations - production by volume such as Chinon, Saint-Nicolas-de Bourgueil and Vouvray - on both PRODUCERS SALES BOTTLES SOLD sides of the Loire. Winegrowers: 1,600 France : 80% 1. AOP : Bourgueil, Cheverny, Chinon*, Coteaux du Loir*, Cooperative wineries: 11 Export : 20% 59 Coteaux du Vendômois*, Négociants: 125 Cour-Cheverny, Jasnières*, million Montlouis-sur-Loire, Orléans, Orléans-Cléry, Saint-Nicolas- de-Bourgueil*, Touraine*, Sources : InterLoire, Douanes année 2018 pour la récolte et 2017-2018 pour la commercialisation (données AOP) Touraine-Noble-Joué*, Valençay, Vouvray*, Crémant de Loire*, Touraine Rosé de Loire*. Vouvray 288,000 hl Chinon 144,000 hl PGI: Loire Valley* TOP 3 121,000 hl * Administrated by InterLoire AOPs by volume 2 1 3 PRESS CONTACT

Anne-Sophie Lerouge Tel. +33 (0)2 47 60 55 23 • [email protected]

ABOUT INTERLOIRE

Interloire is the joint professional association for Loire Valley wines, and lies at the heart of France’s 3rd largest appellation-wine producing area. It brings together 3,000 winegrowers, negotiants and cooperatives from the Nantais, Anjou-Saumur and Touraine. Interloire encompasses Loire Valley appellations, denominations and PGIs across 43,000 hectares, covering 14 departments from the Vendée to Puy-de-Dôme, accounting for 80% of the Loire Basin’s wine production volume.

With a 6 millions Euros budget, Interloire’s missions include:

economic governance research and the safeguarding and forward planning development and promotion of Loire Valley wines