Orléans

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• Freely draining, predominantly sandy soils derived from ancient Loire alluvial deposits, with rounded pebbles, promoting rapid warming and water runoff.
• Clay-limestone soils on the Aquitanian-age "Beauce formations" on the north bank, occupying the edges of the limestone plateau.
• A degraded oceanic climate with continental influences, with an annual temperature approximately 0.7 °C lower than that of the more southerly vineyards of the Val de Loire.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF) — approved 25 octobre 2011, JORF 28 octobre 2011
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — InterLoire