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 America ...

region in the Loire Valley that makes dry 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 method. ...

'' 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 Fermentation in winemaking, fermented without skin contact. The wine color, colour can be straw-yellow, yellow-green, or yellow-gold. It is produced by the alcoholic fermentation of the non-coloured Juice vesicles, ...

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 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 on ...

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 French wine, France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from English wine, Englan ...

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 grap ...

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 around Tours. Its full name is Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc. It is a very old cultivar, mentioned as long ago as the 15th centu ...

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 us ...

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 ...

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 of ...

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 Cour- ...

Area of production

Only wines made from grapes grown on the land of the following 24 communes can claim Cheverny appellation:

Candé-sur-Beuvron Candé-sur-Beuvron (, literally ''Candé on Beuvron'') is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Geography The Cosson river flows southwest through the middle of the commune, then flows into the Beuvron, which flows west th ...

, 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,

, 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 wes ...

Montlivault Montlivault () is a Communes of France, commune in the Loir-et-Cher Departments of France, department, and region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department References

Communes of ...

Mont-près-Chambord Mont-près-Chambord (, literally ''Mount closing Chambord'') is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department The following is a list of the 267 commune ...

, Muides-sur-Loire,

Ouchamps Ouchamps () 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.Saint-Claude-de-Diray, Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire,

Saint-Laurent-Nouan Saint-Laurent-Nouan (, ) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, central France. History Saint-Laurent-Nouan was formed in 1972 from the merger of the two former communes, Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux and Nouan-sur-Loire. Population See also ...

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 Fra ...

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 coo ...

, Tour-en-Sologne 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 The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of France. The ...

commune.

References

External links

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