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Viré-Clessé
Viré-Clessé is an ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) for white wine in the Mâconnais subregion in Burgundy in central France, located in the communes of Clessé, Laizé, Montbellet and Viré. Viré-Clessé has Chardonnay as the only allowed grape variety. There are no Premier Cru vineyards within the AOC. The AOC was created in 1999, when this area was upgraded to be a communal-level appellation of its own ("a separate Mâconnais cru" similar to e.g. Pouilly-Fuissé) rather than being part of the subregional Mâcon AOC, which covers a much larger area. Before the Viré-Clessé AOC was created, the wines could be labelled ''Mâcon-Vire'' or ''Mâcon-Clessé''. The Viré-Clessé AOC is located in the northern part of the Mâconnais subregion, north of the town of Mâcon, in the direction of the Côte Chalonnaise subregion. Production In 2008, of vineyard surface was in production for Viré-Clessé AOC, and 21,925 hectoliter of wine was produced,
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Mâconnais
The Mâconnais () district is located in the south of the Burgundy wine region in France, west of the Saône river. It takes its name from the town of Mâcon. It is best known as a source of good value white wines made from the Chardonnay grape; the wines from Pouilly-Fuissé are particularly sought-after. Almost all the wine made in the Mâconnais is white wine. Chardonnay is the main grape grown in the district—in fact, there is a Chardonnay, Saône-et-Loire, village of that name in the far north of the region. Some plantations of Gamay and Pinot noir are made into red and rosé Mâcon, making up no more than 30% of the total wine production. Gamay is grown in the Beaujolais cru of Moulin-à-Vent, which extends into the Mâconnais, but has little in common with the wines north of the border. Geography The geology is similar to that of the Côte d'Or (escarpment), Côte d'Or, but the gentle relief means that vines are mixed with other forms of farming in most of the area. In th ...
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Viré
Viré () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Wine Vineyards of Viré are part of the ''appellation d'origine contrôlée'' Viré-Clessé, which is used for white wines from Chardonnay grapes. Before 1999, the wines used to be called Mâcon-Viré. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Saône-et-Loire department of France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories inclu ... References Communes of Saône-et-Loire {{SaôneLoire-geo-stub ...
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Clessé, Saône-et-Loire
Clessé (; ) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Wine Vineyards of Clessé are part of the ''appellation d'origine contrôlée'' Viré-Clessé, which is used for white wines from Chardonnay grapes. Before 1999, the wines used to be called Mâcon-Clessé. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Saône-et-Loire department of France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories inclu ... References Communes of Saône-et-Loire {{SaôneLoire-geo-stub ...
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Laizé
Laizé (; ) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Wine Vineyards of Laizé are part of the ''appellation d'origine contrôlée'' Viré-Clessé, which is used for white wines from Chardonnay grapes. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Saône-et-Loire department of France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories inclu ... References Communes of Saône-et-Loire {{SaôneLoire-geo-stub ...
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Montbellet
Montbellet () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Wine Vineyards of Montbellet are part of the AOC Viré-Clessé, which is used for white wines from Chardonnay grapes. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Saône-et-Loire department of France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories inclu ... References Communes of Saône-et-Loire {{SaôneLoire-geo-stub ...
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Cru (wine)
Cru is a wine term used to indicate a high-quality vineyard or group of vineyards. It is a French word which was originally used to refer to both a region and anything grown in it, but is now mostly used to refer to both a vineyard and its wines. The term is often used within classifications of French wine. By implication, a wine that displays (or is allowed to display) the name of its ''cru'' on its wine label is supposed to exhibit the typical characteristics of this vineyard or group of vineyards. The terms ''premier cru'' and ''grand cru'' designate levels of presumed quality that are variously defined in different wine regions. ''Premier cru'' ''Premier cru'' is a French language wine term corresponding to "first growth" and which can be used to refer to classified vineyards, wineries and wines, with different meanings in different wine regions:J. Robinson (ed.). ''The Oxford Companion to Wine'', Third Edition. p. 544. Oxford University Press, 2006. . * For Bordeaux win ...
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Côte Chalonnaise
Côte Chalonnaise is a subregion of the Burgundy wine region of France. Côte Chalonnaise lies to the south of the Côte d'Or continuing the same geology southward. It is still in the main area of Burgundy wine production but it includes no Grand cru vineyards. Like the Côte d'Or, it is at the western edge of the broad valley of the river Saône, on the rising ground overlooking the town of Chalon-sur-Saône which is about six kilometers out into the plain. To the north, across the River Dheune, lies the Côte de Beaune. To the south is the Mâconnais. The grapes of the region are predominantly Pinot noir and Chardonnay with some Aligoté and Gamay also grown in vineyards spread over a stretch of 25 kilometers long and 7 kilometers wide of undulating land in which vineyards are interspersed with orchards and other forms of farming.T. Stevenson ''The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia'' pp. 159-160, Dorling Kindersley 2005 The wine-producing communes of the Côte Chalonnaise are, from ...
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Mâcon
Mâcon (), historically Anglicization, anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as Mâconnais. The city gave its name to the nearby vineyards and wine 'appellation'. Geography The city lies on the western bank of the river Saône, between Bresse in the east and the Beaujolais hills in the south. Mâcon is the southernmost city in the department of Saône-et-Loire and the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is north of Lyon and from Paris. The climate is temperate with a slight continental tendency. Climate Mâcon features an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification, Köppen: ''Cfb''), with warm summers, slightly too cool to be called humid subtropical climate, humid subtropical (''Cfa''). Winters are relatively cold to French standards, but milder and ...
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