Middle Loire

Anjou-Saumur / Touraine

Climate

Maritime with Continental influences

Rivers: Loire, Layon, and Loir

Soils

Anjou-Saumur

  • Schist
  • Tuffeau: A white chalk.

 

Touraine

  • Tuffeau
  • Perruche: Flint
  • Gravieres: Pockets of gravel

Varieties

Wine Styles

  • Mostly Chenin Blanc and Cab Franc.
  • Wide range of wines and climates.
Anjou-Saumur

Sparkling (3 types)

  • Petillants: Fizzy (1-2.5 atms)
  • Mousseux: Frothy (3 atms)
  • Cremant: Sparkling. Traditional method. Must spend 12 months sur-lie

Sweet wines from Chenin

  • Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire
  • Bonnezeaux
  • Coteaux du Layon Chaume 1er Cru
  • Coteaux du Layon
  • Coteaux du Layon-Village
  • Coteaux l’Aubance
  • Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru

AOCs