Saumur mousseux AOC
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Saumur is a
French wine French wine is produced all throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7–8 billion bottles. France is one of the largest wine producers in the world, along with Italian, Spanish, and Amer ...
region located in the Loire Valley. The region is noted for
sparkling wines Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy. While the phrase commonly refers to champagne, European Union countries legally reserve that term for products exclusively produced in the Champagne reg ...
produced by the
traditional method The traditional method is the process used in the Champagne region of France to produce Champagne. It is also the method used in various French regions to produce sparkling wines (not called “Champagne”), in Spain to produce Cava, in Portu ...
, and for red wines made primarily from Cabernet Franc. The main variety in the white wines is Chenin blanc. The annual ''Grandes Tablées du Saumur-Champigny'' is a popular annual event held in early August with over 1 km of tables set up in Saumur so people can sample the local foods and wine.


Appellations

The following AOCs may be used for Saumur wines: * Saumur - white, red or rosé * Saumur-Champigny - red * Coteaux de Saumur - sweet white * Saumur mousseux - sparkling * Cabernet de Saumur - for the rosé wines produced before 2015 (Saumur Rosé for 2016 and after)


See also

* List of Vins de Primeur


References


Further reading

* {{cite book , last = Robinson , first = Jancis , author-link = Jancis Robinson , title = The Oxford Companion to Wine, third edition , publisher = Oxford University Press , year = 2006 , isbn = 0-19-860990-6 , id = . Loire AOCs Sparkling wines