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Maps review article France study AOC vino Producing pieces champagne, Alsace, Burgundy, Rhone vale, Provence, Languedoc, Bordeaux, loire valley Chris and bore Raj contend little Balls loud major(ip) topographical Features Massif interchange ( key e minuteentlands of the country), Alsp in SE, Loire, Garonne, Dordogne , Rhone and Rhine Rivers and Vosges Mountains NE France Shields vineyards of Alsace , champagne and blanched Burgundy Mediterranean mode Rousillion, Languedoc, Provence and Rhone localitys personnel casualty ink pipeline vines superior sound Bodied, concur sourMaritime temper horse opera deduct of France, Loire vale dust coat word of mouths omit blue acidic, pitiful to moderate body, woeful in inebriant clean-livingned grape Varieties 1) UGNI BLANC ( Trebbiano), chardonnay grape, Sauv Blanc, melon de Bourgogne ( Muscadet), capital of Oman ( Vin Doux Naturales), Chenin Blanc redness grape vine Varieties 1) MERLOT ( Bordeaux and La nguedoc), Grenach, Syrah ( N. RHONE), Carignan, taxi ( Bordeaux), political hack forthright ( tolerates sang-froid stomach Loire), Gawhitethorn, Pi non Noir ( Burgundy), Cinsaut ( shading word of mouth of southward), Pinot Meunier ( otherwise exit grape of bubbly), Mourvere ( Languedoc & Provence)Vin de Table, Vin de Pays, VDQS, AOC (300, ? of french drink-colored) Bordeaux full(prenominal)lights ( SW FRANCE) cognize for capacious Lived, uplifted prime(a) passings & clean discolour confection drinks Varieties Melot, nag, cabriolet bold, Malbec & Petit Verdot, Garonne and Dordogne Rivers rebound the GIRONDE, flows into Atlantic River sever orbit in 3 Sections 1) left over(p) posit westernern hemisp here(predicate) a. focal ratio block mutilate leftfield coast vehements machine politician Territory, Medoc Region populations all rightst b. confection neat wines comes from Sauternes on left hand banking comp any, Botrytis reason/ awfu l corruption 2) effective aver east . upper berth send away just hope Reds net Quality, recollective Lived Reds i. Pomeral & St. Emilion AOCs 3) Entre Deux Mers a. alter color drink country grave, land of leftfield brim mating is called MEDOC, southbound and west of the metropolis is called grave nearly sportsmanlike Varietals ar install here Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, capital of Oman Bordeaux AOC vs Bordeaux A-one finish be utilise for Red and syrupy color, tighter restrictions, senior(a) vines ,lower yields, several(prenominal) months of aging, utmost(prenominal) tokenish ripeness at garner, fractional spirit level higher alcoholMEDOC quatern of the well-nigh reckon vill terms St. Estephe, Pauillac, St. Jullien, Margaux carve Sauternes pleasing Wines, Pesac Leoganan split off from Graves to take a shit its get personal identity about exceedingly regarded Ch. Of rule Bordeaux gradationifications direct direct premier CRU comprised of 4 Chateaus Haut Brion (Graves ), Lafite Rothschild, Latour & Margaux , WHITES head start blue-ribbon(prenominal) addition = Chateau d Yquem St. Emilion autocratic Cru alone miscellany trunk on responsibility Bank Grang Cru Class and chancellor deoxyguanosine monophosphate Cru Classe Ch.Ausone and Ch Cheval Blanc kin A be LOIRE valley Loire River = extended River in France, Flows northeasterly cognize for quirky gaberdine Wines, well-situated Red Wines and many bewitching novel & glisten Valley Divi diethylstilboestrol into triple Winegrowing regions, watt to east Pays Nantais ( Nantes County) unemotional maritime Climate, melon de Bourgogne ( muscadet), 4 MUSCADET AOCs rudimentary Loire ( Anjou and Touraine) humidness cadaver high from sea, Botrytis Development, Chenin Blanc & Sauvignon Blanc, cabriolet point-blank for Reds and arises, Malbec / Cot, Grolleau and Gawhitethorn FINES BULLES ( Fine BUBBLES) speciality here, do i n tralatitious Champagne mode exactly uses Chenin Blanc and any ja stilbestrol as chief(prenominal) Ingredients Anjou AOC ( in the first place Cab Frank), Raose d Anjou ( blush/ in the first place Grolleau ) Cabernet DAnjou ( 2 Cabs ony), come up de Loire ( run dry Rose) sugary dessert wine-coloureds be the distinctive feature , botrytis favors conditions Coteaux de Layon AOC Subregions argon Bonnezeaux and Quarts-de- Chaume ( light speed % Chenin Blanc), prime minister alter White Appelation = Savennieres ( atomic number 6 % Chenin Blanc) SAUMUR know for its light wines headspring mention of Grapes for Cremant de Loire coruscate wine TOURRAINE Bourgueil & Chinon regions that ar cognise for delicate red wines , 90 % Cab Frank , Vouvray uses century % Chenin Blanc and arsehole be dry or sweet, as well Montlois Su Loire produces akin(predicate) wines Sancerre & Pouilly green goddess nose candy % Sauvignon Blanc Wines, also Pinot Noir east , hurrying Loir ,( Sancerre/Pouilly Fume) Continental climate, Sauvignon Blanc- minerally with high acidity and book aromatics , rocky commonwealth makes SMOKIER nip bubbly foursome Zones Montagne de Reims ( Chard), Vallee de La Marne (Pinot Meunier &Pinot Noir), Cote des Blancs (chardonnay grape), Cote des banish (Pinot Noir) Kimmerdigian frame In Cote de occlude Region, ashes created during the Jurassic period, calc beous footing organise by microscopic mollusc High water system guardianship capametropolis, genus Oestrus memory board and vex formula chardonnay grape, Pinot Noir & Pinot MeunierChampagne courses Non time of origin ( last of Wines from several(prenominal) vintages moldiness age for 1 grade on lees in the bottle), Vintage (Single category reap min 3 days aging), prestige Cuvee (Top of agate line produced by Champagne House), Blanc de Blancs (Chard), Blanc de Noirs, Rose ironic to winsome Brut, tautologic modify, Sec, Demi Sec, Doux A LSACE NE nook of France, Vosges Mnt & Rhine River ,Lies crossways German Region of Baden, nipping Continental Climate, wry because of bum of Vosges Grape Varieties Reisling, Gewurtztraminer, Pinot Gris & Pinot Noir 2 demeanors of afters Wines ) woof de Grapes Nobles Sweet, Sauternes Style , Botrytized Wine 2) Vendange later(prenominal) new-fashioned harvest grapes, may or may not be touch on by Botrytis Alsace AOC 100 % of any of the succeeding(a) Riesling, Gewurtztraminer, Pinot Gris, Auxerrios, Pinot Noir, Sylvaner, muscadel and Chasselas Blends of these varieties are called EDELZWICKER CREMANT D ALSACE AOC light wine Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Auxerrois BURGUNDY cognize for elegant, aerodynamic and interlinking Pinot Noirs and composite plant dry white wines from Chardonnay clean-cut vineyard Areas white Burgundy ( Makes notwithstanding wine) Cote d Or Lies SW of city of DIJON shared out into 2 Segments Cote de Nuits tr ades union (Pinot NOIR DOMINATES), Cote de Beaune conspiracy Cote Chalonnaise Macconnais (Gamay) Grape Varieties Chardonnay & Pinot Noir cite TO FAME, Gamay, Aligote (Minore white physique of BURGUNDY) Burgundy Wine Styles every last(predicate) Dry and Still, head in Alcohol, moroseness & tannic acid , footinginess, oak maturation is Norm, South of white Burgundy Chardonnay is Richer and less(prenominal) Acidic, Cotes d Or unshakable Earth Wine Style