Val de Loire
Styles
Principal grape varieties
ArtabanAbouriouCabernet FrancCabernet-SauvignonCabernet CortisChardonnayChasselasCheninCotEgiodolaFlorealFolle BlancheGamayGamay De Bouze (Gamay Teinturier De Bouze)Gamay De Chaudenay (Gamay Teinturier De Chaudenay)GrolleauGrolleau GrisMelonMerlotMeunier (Pinot Meunier)NégretteOpalorOrbois (Arbois Blanc)Pineau D AunisPinot BlancPinot GrisPinot NoirSacySauvignacSauvignonSauvignon GrisSelenorSiranoSoreliSouvignier GrisVidocViognierVoltis
Terroir
Natural factors
- Zone spanning 14 départements of the Loire hydrological basin, the longest river in France.
- Oceanic climate in the west (Nantais, Anjou), transitioning to continental in Touraine and semi-continental in the Centre Loire.
- Regular rainfall of 600 to 700 mm per year and mild temperatures, without extremes.
Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.
Dénominations géographiques complémentaires
- Val de Loire Allier IGP
- Val de Loire Cher IGP
- Val de Loire Indre IGP
- Val de Loire Indre-et-Loire IGP
- Val de Loire Loir-et-Cher IGP
- Val de Loire Loire-Atlantique IGP
- Val de Loire Loiret IGP
- Val de Loire Maine-et-Loire IGP
- Val de Loire Marches de Bretagne IGP
- Val de Loire Nièvre IGP
- Val de Loire Pays de Retz IGP
- Val de Loire Sarthe IGP
- Val de Loire Vendée IGP
- Val de Loire Vienne IGP