Cheverny 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 Ame ...

region in the Loire Valley that makes

dry Dry or dryness most often refers to: * Lack of rainfall, which may refer to ** Arid regions ** Drought * Dry or dry area, relating to legal prohibition of selling, serving, or imbibing alcoholic beverages * Dry humor, deadpan * Dryness (medica ...

white wines, light red wines and ''

rosé A rosé () is a type of wine that incorporates some of the 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 skin contact metho ...

'' 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 department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Its name is originated from two rivers which cross it, the Loir in its northern part and the Cher in its southern part. Its prefecture is Blois. The INSEE and La P ...

department. The

white wine White wine is a wine that is fermented without skin contact. The colour can be straw-yellow, yellow-green, or yellow-gold. It is produced by the alcoholic fermentation of the non-coloured pulp of grapes, which may have a skin of any colour. Whi ...

s are composed of

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

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

Arbois Arbois () is a commune in the Jura department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France. The river Cuisance passes through the town, which centres on an arcaded central square where one can sample the local wines. The commune h ...

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 ...

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 the phrase commonly refers to champagne, European Union countries legally reserve that term for products exclusively produced in the Champagne regi ...

. The

red wine Red wine is a type of wine made from dark-colored grape varieties. 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 from most purple gra ...

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 long a ...

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

Pinot noir Pinot Noir () is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words for ''pine'' and ''black.' ...

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 style, but can also be vinified alone, as in the Loire's Chinon. In addition to being use ...

and Côt 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 Cour-Cheverny AOC. It produces intense, minerally wines somewhat reminiscent o ...

grapes bear the appellation of Cour-Cheverny.

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 Cheverny () is a commune in the French department of Loir-et-Cher, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire. It lies in the Loire Valley, about southeast of Blois. Population Sights The commune is the site of the Château de 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 The following is a list of the 267 ...

Cormeray Cormeray () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of France. The communes co ...

, Cour-Cheverny, 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 Les Montils () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. Geography Les Montils is at the edge of the Sologne, at an altitude of 80 m (approx.). This town is bordered by the Cosson in the north, through the Beuvron. To the w ...

, 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 The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher d ...

, Ouchamps,

Saint-Claude-de-Diray Saint-Claude-de-Diray () is a commune in the department of Loir-et-Cher, central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of France. T ...

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 The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et ...

, Saint-Laurent-Nouan,

Sambin @Sambil () is a commune in the French department of Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of Fr ...

Seur Seur () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of France. The communes coop ...

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 The following is a list ...

and Vineuil, as well as a part of the Monthou-sur-Bièvre commune.

References

External links

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