Cheverny () is a

French wine French wine is produced throughout all of 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. French wine traces its history to th ...

region in the

Loire Valley The Loire Valley (, ), spanning , is a valley located in the middle stretch of the Loire river in central France, in both the administrative regions Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire. The area of the Loire Valley comprises about . It is r ...

that makes dry white wines, light red wines and ''

rosé A rosé () is a type of wine that incorporates some of the wine color, color from the grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a red wine. It may be the oldest known type of wine, as it is the most straightforward to make with the Macerati ...

'' wines. The area received AOVDQS (''Appellation d'Origine Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure'') status in 1973, and then AOC ( ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'') on 26 March 1993 when new regulatory laws were passed. The wine region is spread over 532 hectares, within 24 communes of the

Loir-et-Cher Loir-et-Cher (, ) is a Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region of France. It is named after two rivers which run through it, the Loir in its northern part and the Cher (river), Cher in its southern p ...

department. The

white wine White wine is a wine that is Fermentation in winemaking, fermented without undergoing the process of Maceration (wine), maceration, which involves prolonged contact between the juice with the grape skins, seeds, and pulp. The wine color, colou ...

s are composed of

Sauvignon blanc Sauvignon blanc () is a green-skinned grape variety that originates from the city of Bordeaux in France. The grape most likely gets its name from the French words ''sauvage'' ("wild") and ''blanc'' ("white") due to its early origins as an ind ...

grapes, at a proportion of 60%–80%, blended with

Arbois Arbois () is a Commune in France, commune in the Jura (département), Jura Departments of France, department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region, eastern France. The river Cuisance passes through the town, which centres o ...

Chardonnay Chardonnay (, ; ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new a ...

or Pineau Blanc de la Loire grapes. A small proportion is made into

sparkling wine Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy. While it is common to refer to this as champagne, European Union countries legally reserve that word for products exclusively produced in the Champagne ( ...

. The

red wine Red wine is a type of wine made from dark-colored grape varieties - (red grapes.) The color of the wine can range from intense violet, typical of young wines, through to brick red for mature wines and brown for older red wines. The juice fro ...

s are composed of

Gamay Gamay () is a purple-colored grape variety used to make red wines, most notably grown in Beaujolais and in the Loire_Valley_(wine), Loire Valley around Tours. Its full name is Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc. It is a very old cultivar, mentioned as lon ...

grapes, at a proportion of 40%–65%, blended with

Pinot noir Pinot noir (), also known as Pinot nero, is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name also refers to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words fo ...

grapes.

Cabernet Franc Cabernet Franc is one of the major black grape varieties worldwide. It is principally grown for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the Bordeaux (wine), Bordeaux style, but can also be vinified alone, as in the Loire (wine), Loire's C ...

and

Côt Malbec () is a purple grape variety used in making red wine. The grapes tend to have an inky dark color and robust tannins, and are known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine. In France, plantations of Malbec are n ...

can be used to make up to 15% of the wine. Pineau d'Aunis is added to these grape varieties when making rosés.

AOC regulations

Tasting at a Cheverny cooperative in the Loire Valley

Base yield is fixed at 50 hl/ha for red wines, 55 hl/ha for rosé wines and 60hl/ha for white wines. The density of vine plantations should be between 3500 and 4500 feet/ha. White wines made from

Romorantin Romorantin is a traditional French variety of white wine grape, that is a sibling of Chardonnay. Once quite widely grown in the Loire, it has now only seen in the . It produces intense, minerally wines somewhat reminiscent of Chablis. Histor ...

grapes bear the appellation of

Cour-Cheverny Cour-Cheverny () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire region, France. The commune's land extends across the Loire Valley and across the Sologne region. Its inhabitants are known as Courchois. Toponymy * The name Cou ...

Area of production

Only wines made from grapes grown on the land of the following 24 communes can claim Cheverny appellation: Candé-sur-Beuvron, Cellettes, Cheverny,

Chitenay Chitenay () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. Population Personalities *Denis Papin, physicist, mathematician, and inventor See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department A commune is an alternative term for ...

, Cormeray,

, Feings,

Fougères-sur-Bièvre Fougères-sur-Bièvre () is a former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Controis-en-Sologne.Fresnes, Huisseau-sur-Cosson, Maslives, Les Montils, Montlivault, Mont-près-Chambord,

Muides-sur-Loire Muides-sur-Loire (, literally ''Muides on Loire'') is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Comm ...

, Ouchamps, Saint-Claude-de-Diray,

Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire (, literally ''Saint-Dyé on Loire'') is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional communi ...

, Saint-Laurent-Nouan, Sambin, Seur,

Tour-en-Sologne Tour-en-Sologne (, literally ''Tour in Sologne'') is a commune of the Loir-et-Cher department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department A commune is an altern ...

and Vineuil, as well as a part of the

Monthou-sur-Bièvre Monthou-sur-Bièvre () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune ...

commune.

References

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