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The majestic Loire river and its many tributaries play an important role in warming riversides vineyards, making viticulture viable in a region where grapes would otherwise troubles with ripening. This is a large region: the river has about 1000 km with its source in Ardéche an mouth at Nantes on the Atlantic coast. There are a little over 50.000 hectares of vineyard, and four broadly definable vineyard entities: the Centre, Tourraine, the Anjou-Saumur region and the Nantais.
There are almost white grapes grown in Loire Valleay:
Chanin Blanc ( také Pineau de la Loire), Sauvignon Blanc, Muscadet (called Melon de Bourgogne), Chardonnay, Malvoisie (Bourboulenc), Gros plant (called Folle blanche) and Romorantin. The red wines are made from: Pinot noir, Pinot gris, Cabernet-Franc, Gamay, Cabernet-sauvignon, Grolleau, Pineau d'Aunis and Côt.
In Nantes it is the famous Mucsadet, fresh and crisp, perfect with the oysters. The resilient Chenin Blanc produces the best dry and sweet wines in Savenniéres and Saumur. The Sancerre and Pouilly-fumé produced undobtedly the finest Savignon Blanc.
The best red wines are made from Cabernet Franc or Gamay, those from central region almost from Pinot Noir. The most interesting sweet botritis wines are those from Quart de Chaume and Bonnezeaux, made exclusively from Chenin Blanc.
There are also sparkling wines produced in regions Anjou, Touraine, Vouvray, Cheverny a Montlouis and rosé wines Cabernet d’Anjou and rosé d’Anjou.
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