Loire Valley Wines
THE LOIRE VALLEY VINEYARDS AND THEIR WINES 2019 EDITION
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General Overview History of the Vineyards Soils, Climate and Grapes AOP/IGP Wines Key figures
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The Vineyards of France The Vineyards of the Loire Valley
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From the birth of the vineyards in the 5 th century to the present day
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Page 7 AN INTEGRAL PART OF FRENCH HISTORY DATING BACK TO THE 4TH CENTURY
4th century: The birth of the Loire vineyards
From the Middle Ages to the 17 th century: First the religious orders, then the Kings of France, played a major part in developing the Loire Valley vineyards.
The Loire: The river Loire is an inextricable part of the vineyard landscape, casting its unique light over the surroundings and creating a breathtaking panorama.
The Châteaux on the Loire: One of the most popular tourist destinations in France.
Home of writers and other notable personalities: Including Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Jules Verne, Balzac, Rabelais and George Sand.
The Loire Valley is the largest French region to be recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jeanne d’Arc Léonard de Vinci François Rabelais Honoré de Balzac
The Loire Valley Vineyards and their Wines • History THE LOIRE VALLEY VINEYARDS th Page 8 THE 19 CENTURY: THE SCOURGE OF PHYLLOXERA
In the late 19 th century, the French vineyards were all but annihilated by the tiny yellow phylloxera aphid from the United States.
In 1885, overall harvest yield in France dropped from 80 million hectolitres to 25 million.
Committees for the Eradication of Phylloxera were formed at this time to help battle the vineyard pests; these were the forerunners of today’s Winegrowers’ Syndicates.
A solution was eventually found: to graft French varietals onto naturally resistant American rootstocks.
It was an arduous, costly job to restore the French vineyards, and was not completed until after the 14-18 war.
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1936 saw the birth of the French AOC (Appellations d’Origine Contrôlées) system, driving a move towards higher quality wines.
Quincy, Sancerre, Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire, Cabernet d’Anjou, Rosé d’Anjou, Saumur and Vouvray were among the first vineyard areas to be awarded AOC status in 1936.
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Page 11 20TH CENTURY: THE CHALLENGES OF THE POST-WAR YEARS
The years following the Second World War brought the vineyards to crisis point, as young people left in their droves to work in factories.
Winegrowers in the Loire Valley took a number of bold commercial decisions to help ensure their future, including: • Bottling their wine; • Organising themselves into cooperative wineries; • Selling their own wines in Paris.
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Page 12 20TH CENTURY: THE 1970S – THE DECADE OF TECHNOLOGY
Technological advances (including improved vineyard management and root- stock selection) and increasing mechanisation led to continued improvements in wine quality.
The introduction of pesticides helped ensure there was enough yield to support growth in new markets.
Mixed farming gave way to specialist viticulture.
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Page 15 PRESENT DAY: THE SUSTAINABILITY REVOLUTION
Since the end of the 1990s, the Loire Valley winegrowing sector has been fully committed to taking a more environmentally responsible approach to its winegrowing activities, intervening only where strictly necessary.
In 2019, almost 30% of Loire Valley vineyards are either sustainably or organically farmed, and the figure is constantly increasing.
Today the Loire Valley are proud to acknowledge their close bonds with their terroir and the unrivalled quality of their wines.
The Loire Valley Vineyards and their Wines • History SOILS, CLIMATE AND GRAPES
The Loire River Basin and its Geology: A basis for diversity
Climate: Tidal influences and the Loire
Grapes: A wide range of different varieties
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Page 23 LOIRE VALLEY WHITE VARIETALS
Melon de Bourgogne Sauvignon Blanc 3 main varietals: 30% 28% Melon de Bourgogne, Chenin blanc et Sauvignon blanc .
Other varietals include: Folle Blanche, Chardonnay, Divers Chasselas,Romorantin Sauvignon Gris and 4% Tressalier. Folle Blanche 3% These are made into dry, semi-sweet, sweet and Chardonnay Chenin Blanc sparkling wines, mostly single-varietal. 8% 27%
The Loire Valley Vineyards and their Wines • Soils, climate, grapes Page 24 VARIETALS FOR LOIRE VALLEY WINES • Touraine Azay-le-Rideau Touraine • Amboise Touraine • Montlouis-sur-Loire• Vouvray• Loirdu Coteaux • Jasnieres• Saumur• Anjou• Moinesaux Roche Savennières • Serrantde Coulée • Savennières• Nantais Pays du Plant Gros • (IGP) Tannay de Côtes • Muscadets• Melon de Bourgogne de Melon hnnBlancChenin ol BlancheFolle • IGP Val de Loire (Sauvignon, Chardonnay…) (Sauvignon, Loire de Val IGP • Saint-Pourçain• Vendéens Fiefs • Orléans• Valençay• Mesland Touraine • Cheverny• Vendômoisdu Coteaux • Giennois du Coteaux • Fumé Pouilly • Sancerre• Menetou-Salon• Quincy• Reuilly• Touraine• Poitou Haut • Blends and single varietal single and Blends Sauvignon (Sauvignon Gris) (Sauvignon (Tressallier) WHITE WINES The Loire Valley Vineyards and theirWines • Côtes d’Auvergne Côtes • Pouilly-sur-Loire• Cheverny Cour • (IGP)Charitéla de Côtes • Romorantin Chardonnay Chasselas • Soils, climate, grapesclimate, Soils, et Touraine et Loire Centre : Blanc Sauvignon Touraine et Saumur Anjou : Chenin Nantais Pays le dans :de BourgogneMelon Page 25 VARIETALS FOR LOIRE VALLEY WINES AND SWEET WHITE WINES WHITE SWEET AND • Coteaux d’Ancenis (demi-secs) d’Ancenis Coteaux • 1 Layon du Coteaux • » «Villages et Layon du Coteaux • l’Aubancede Coteaux • Loire la de Coteaux Anjou • • Coteaux du Loirdu Coteaux • Jasnières• Montlouis-sur-Loire• Vouvray• Savennières• Saumurde Coteaux • Bonnezeaux• CruGrand Chaume de Quarts • avii PntGris)Malvoisie(Pinot hnnBlancChenin er r Chaumecru SEMI-SWEET SEMI-SWEET The Loire Valley Vineyards and theirWines ortscinerea. botrytis of start the showing sugars, concentrated withgrapes Blanc Chenin • Soils, climate, grapesclimate, Soils, Page 26 VARIETALS FOR LOIRE VALLEY WINES Montlouis-sur-Loire• Vouvray• hnnBlancChenin • Crémant de Loirede Crémant • Touraine• Saumur• Anjou• Blends SPARKLING WINES SPARKLING The Loire Valley Vineyards and theirWines Anjou Saumur et Touraineet Saumur Anjou Chenin et Chardonnay :Chardonnay et Chenin • Soils, climate, grapesclimate, Soils, LOIRE VALLEY
Page 27 LOIRE VALLEY RED VARIETALS
The 3 main varietals are Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc, Gamay and Pinot Noir 56% 5%
Other varietals include: Grolleau, Cabernet Sauvignon, Divers Pineau d’Aunis, Côt and Négrette. 6% Grolleau Used to make reds, rosés and sparkling 7% wines, mostly as single varietals. Gamay Pinot Noir 18% 8%
The Loire Valley Vineyards and their Wines • Soils, climate, grapes Page 28 VARIETALS FOR LOIRE VALLEY WINES • Côtes de la Charité (IGP)Charitéla de Côtes • salon Menetou • Reuilly• Sancerre• Gamay Touraine • Gamay Anjou • d’Ancenis Coteaux • Orléans-Clery• Chinon• Bourgueilde Nicolas Saint • Bourgueil • Dame Notre Puy Saumur • Champigny Saumur • Saumur• Brissac Anjou • Anjou-Villages• Anjou• aentFrancCabernet io NoirPinot Gamay • IGP Val de Loire (Gamay, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir Pinot Franc, Cabernet (Gamay, Loire de Val IGP • Pourçain St • Châteaumeillant• Giennoisdu Coteaux • Orléans• Touraine• Cheverny• Valençay• Vendômois du Coteaux • Loir du Coteaux • Amboise Touraine • Mesland Touraine • Poitou Haut • d’Auvergne Côtes • Vendéens Fiefs • lnsand single varietalBlends (Négrette) Pna d’Aunis) (Pineau (Côt) (Pineau d’Aunis)(Pineau RED WINES RED The Loire Valley Vineyards and theirWines …) • io NoirPinot Gamay Franc Cabernet Soils, climate, grapesclimate, Soils, Page 29 VARIETALS FOR LOIRE VALLEY WINES • Saint Pourçain Saint • Vendômoisdu Coteaux • Reuilly• Menetou-Salon• Sancerre• Bourgueil • Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil • Chinon• d’Anjou Cabernet • aentSauvignonCabernet aentFrancCabernet ieud’AunisPineau io NoirPinot io GrisPinot Gamay (tendre) • IGP Val de Loire (Gamay, Cabernet Franc…)Cabernet (Gamay, Loire de Val IGP • Loirdu Coteaux • d’Auvergne Côtes • Châteaumeillant• Giennoisdu Coteaux • Orléans• Cheverny• Valençay• Azay-le-Rideau Touraine • Noble-Joué Touraine • Mesland Touraine • Amboise Touraine • Touraine• Poitou Haut • Loirede Rosé • d’Anjou Rosé • lnsand single varietalBlends (tendre) ROSÉ WINES The Loire Valley Vineyards and theirWines io NoirPinot Gamay FrancCabernet world to ‘rosés tendre'. ‘rosés to world the in region only The • Soils, climate, grapesclimate, Soils, Page 30 THE COMBINATION OF COMBINATION THE EXPRESS THE WIDE DIVERSITY OF LOIRE VALLEY WINESVALLEY LOIRE OF DIVERSITY WIDE THE EXPRESS The Loire ValleyValley comprisesLoire and 51 AOPs VIGNOBLES OCEANIC OCEANIC NANTAIS Armorican Massif eo eBourgognede Melon CLIMATE VIGNOBLES D’ANJOU-SAUMUR EIOENQE/SM CONTINENTAL SEMI / OCEANIQUE SEMI aentFace hnnBlancChenin et Franc Cabernet SOILS Regulation zone The Loire Valley Vineyards and theirWines ai BasinParis , CLIMATES AND VARIETALS AND CLIMATES , VIGNOBLES VIGNOBLES IGPs produced across 14 departments. 14 across produced IGPs EL TOURAINELA DE CLIMATE CLIMATE avgo BlancSauvignon VIGNOBLES VIGNOBLES Central Massif CONTINENTAL UCENTRE-LOIREDU io NoirPinot • Soils, climate, grapesclimate, Soils, Kimmeridgien CLIMATE VIGNOBLES D’AUVERGNE AOP/IGP WINES
The Nantais Region The Anjou -Saumur Region The Touraine Region The Centre -Loire Region The Auvergne Region
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VIGNOBLES NANTAIS VIGNOBLES D’ANJOU-SAUMUR VIGNOBLES DE LA TOURAINE VIGNOBLES DU CENTRE-LOIRE VIGNOBLES D’AUVERGNE
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AOP : Production : 485 000 hl soit 20 % of total Loire Valley production • Gros Plant du Pays Nantais Surface : • Coteaux d’Ancenis 12 500 ha, soit 22 % of total Loire Valley vineyard area • Muscadet 68 % • Muscadet Sèvre et Maine of wines are classified AOP + crus communaux : Gorges, Clisson, le Pallet
• Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire Reds and • Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu rosés 5% • Fiefs Vendéens Brem, Chantonnay, Mareuil, Pissote, Vix Whites Loire Valley IGP 95%
"Sur Lie” is a unique method of making wine. The Muscadets and Gros Plants du Pays Nantais “sur lies” spend the winter ageing on lees, and are bottled between 1st March and 31 st December in the year following harvest.
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Coastal and woodland landscapes: the rivers Sèvre and Maine, the Lac de Grandlieu. The town of Nantes, the capital city of Nantais wines. The largest white single-varietal vineyard in France.
PAIRING NANTAIS WINES:
IGP Val de Loire: As an aperitif, with charcuterie, salads and summer barbecues. Muscadets and Gros Plants "sur lie": As an aperitif, with oysters and shellfish. Muscadet Communal Crus: With fish and other seafood.
FOOD HERITAGE:
Seafood: Oysters and shellfish, Bouchot mussels Fish: Sardines, skate, seabass, sea bream, hake Seasonal Vegetables: Lamb’s lettuce, carrots, Noirmoutier potatoes Local products and specialities: Foods cooked with classic Nantais beurre blanc
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AOP : • Quarts-de-Chaume Grand Cru • Anjou • Rosé d’Anjou • Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire • Saumur • Anjou-Villages • Saumur-Champigny • Anjou Brissac • Saumur Mousseux • Bonnezeaux • Saumur Puy-Notre Dame • Cabernet d’Anjou • Savennières • Coteaux de Saumur • Coulée de Serrant • Coteaux du Layon • Savennières Roche aux Moine Coteaux du Layon « Villages » : Beaulieu sur Layon, Faye d’Anjou, • Haut Poitou Rablay sur Layon, Rochefort sur Loire, Saint Aubin de Luigné, • Crémant de Loire Saint Lambert du Lattay • Rosé de Loire • Coteaux du Layon 1 er Cru Chaume • Coteaux de l’Aubance IGP Val de Loire • Coteaux de Saumur
Red Production : 20% 979 000 hl soit 38 % of total Loire Valley production. Rosé Sparkling Surface : 50% 19% 21 400 ha, soit 38 % of total Loie Valley vineyard area White 89 % 11% of wines are classified AOP
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Undulating hillsides. South of the Loire: River Layon and River Aubance. The Layon Fault separates two distinct geological areas, the Armorican Massif (with Anjou Noir dark soils to the west) and the Paris Basin (with Anjou Blanc lighter soils to the east).
PAIRING ANJOU WINES:
Anjou rosé tendre: With summer salads, melon, world cuisine, red fruit tart. Anjou white/Savennières: With fish, seafood and white meat. Coteaux du Layon/Bonnezeaux: As an aperitif, with fruit-based desserts and blue cheeses (including Roquefort).
FOOD HERITAGE
Fish: Pike-perch, eel, pike, Loire shad Seasonal Fruit and Vegetables: Apples, strawberries, melons, asparagus. Desserts: Crémet d’Anjou, Cointreau soufflé Local products and specialities: Rillauds, veal served Anjou-style
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The town of Saumur with its château overlooking the Loire. Built heritage : Tuffeau white stone. Troglodyte caves, perfect for sparkling wine .
PAIRING SAUMUR WINES
Saumur brut/Crémant de Loire: As an aperitif, with gougères or fruit-based desserts. Saumur reds: With charcuterie, meats and barbecues. Saumur white: With fish, seafood, poultry and white meat.
FOOD HERITAGE:
Fish: pike-perch, eel, pike, Loire shad Seasonal fruit and vegetables: apples, strawberries, green beans, mushrooms Local products and specialities: fouées, stuffed mushrooms (galipettes), dried, apples (pommes tapées)
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a Page 38 g WINES e P AOP : • Touraine Touraine Amboise, Touraine Azay-le-Rideau, • Bourgueil Touraine Chenonceaux, Touraine Mesland, • Cheverny Touraine Oisly • Cour Cheverny • Touraine Noble-Joué • Chinon • Orléans • Coteaux du Loir • Orléans-Cléry • Coteaux du Vendômois • Valençay • Jasnières • Crémant de Loire • Montlouis-Sur-Loire • Rosé de Loire • Saint-Nicolas-de- Bourgueil • Vouvray IGP Val de Loire
White wines Production : Red wines 680 000 hl soit 28 % of Loire Valley total 51% 27% production
Surface : Sparkling 16 300 ha, soit 29 % of Loire Valley total Rosé wines 17% vineyard area 5% 88 % of wines are classified AOP
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Vines and châteaux: Chinon, Azay-le-Rideau, Amboise, Chenonceau. River valley vineyards: Loire, Vienne, Cher, Indre, Loir, Cisse, Brenne. Home of writers and artists: Ronsard, Rabelais, Descartes, Balzac, Leonardo da Vinci.
PAIRING TOURAINE WINES:
Chinon/Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil: With charcuterie, meat and barbecues. Vouvray/Jasnières: With fish, seafood, poultry, white meats, cheeses. Touraine whites: With seafood and goat’s cheese.
FOOD HERITAGE:
Fish: fried Loire fish, pike-perch, pike, Loire shad Charcuterie: rillons and rillettes, andouillettes (sausage) made with Vouvray Seasonal fruit and vegetables: apples, pears, strawberries, asparagus, mushrooms Cheese: Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, Valençay, Selles-sur-Cher Local products and specialities: fouées, saffron, truffles, poire tapée (speciality dried pears)...
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AOP : Production : • Châteaumeillant 319 000 hl soit 13 % of total Loire • Coteaux du Giennois Valley production Surface : • Menetou-Salon 5 900 ha, soit 10 % of total Loire • Pouilly Fumé Valley vineyard area • Pouilly-sur-Loire 98 % • Quincy of wines are classified AOP • Reuilly • Sancerre White wines 82% Red wines IGP 12% • Côtes de la Charité Rosé wines • Coteaux de Tannay 6% • Coteaux du Cher et de l’Arnon • Val de Loire
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A panoramic landscape featuring the hillsides of Sancerre, Pouilly and the Loire in all its untamed glory; the fields of Champagne Berrichone and the rural Pays Fort. History shaped by geology (Kimmeridgian limestone) and presence of the Loire. The town of Bourges with its cathedral.
CENTRE LOIRE WINE PAIRINGS
Whites: Shellfish, goat’s cheese, Japanese food. Reds: White meats, poultry. Rosés: As an aperitif, with summer salads and spicy foods.
FOOD HERITAGE:
Fish: fried Loire fish, pike, eel…. Seasonal fruit and vegetables: apples, pears, Berry green lentils, walnuts Cheese: Crottin de Chavignol, Pouligny Saint-Pierre... Desserts: rousserolles doughnuts, tarte tatin, croquet biscuits, poirat pear tart... Local products and specialities: walnut oil, potato pancakes, pâté de Pâques (traditional Easter meat and egg pie)...
The Loire Valley Vineyards and their Wines • AOP/ IGP wines FACTS AND FIGURES
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51 4 57,200 320 Million appellations IGP hectares of vines bottles of AOP/IGP wine sold Incl. 48,300 ha of AOP. 11.3% farmed organically (national average: 9%) 2.45 million hl produced in 2017, incl. 2.1 million and 25% with environmental accreditation hl of AOP (12% of national production).
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Foodservice* France Large-scale retail France Wine shops France * Table service
15% 14% 11% of all appellation wines of all appellation wines of all appellation wines (3 rd most widely available French wine region) (3 rd most widely available French wine region) (5th most widely available French wine region) 23% 12% 23% 12% 20% 9% of all appellation of all appellation of all appellation of all appellation of all appellation of all appellation white wines red wines sparkling wines white wines white wines rosé wines (2 nd most widely available (4 th most widely available (2 nd most widely available (Leading French wine region (2 nd most widely available (4 th most widely available French wine region) French wine region) French wine region) for availability) French wine region) French wine region)
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LOIRE VALLEY up by 36% WINES (BY VALUE) USA UK GERMANY in 10 years Up by Up by Up by 62% 14% 12% 115 900hl 92 930 hl 71 282 hl
TURNOVER 2008: € 207 million 2013: € 213 million
2018: € 282 million BELGIUM CANADA NL JAPAN AUSTRALIA 66% of this is generated by white wines, Up by Up by Down by Down by Up by the Loire Valley’s most popular colour. 14% 29% 31% 5% 29% 54 439 hl 26 858 hl 25390 hl 13 298hl 10 180hl
The Loire Valley Vineyards and their Wines • Facts and Figures LOIRE VALLEY WINES
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An extraordinary range of: 51 AOPs and Loire Valley IGPs produced across 14 departments.
The 3 rd largest French AOP vineyard. €1.3 billion 320 million Famous for the diversity of its wines. in annual turnover bottles Sold per year Wines made for food, perfect as an aperitif or served with all types of cuisine.
"In the Loire Valley, the texture and richness of the wines, whatever the colour or style, never overpower their delicious fruity flavours, High quality their ripeness, freshness, balance or ease of drinking” products 85% of wines classified 20% sold to as AOP or IGP Olivier Poussier, Best Sommelier in the World export
The Loire Valley Vineyards and their Wines • Facts and Figures