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Pays de la Loire

Normandy, Brittany, Aquitaine … The ocean coast has its divas assertively, even Wagnerian character. Pays de la Loire, it is more in the Debussy. Here, Brittany shakes hands with Charentes, Normandy wife Val de Loire, Poitou launches its roots in Ile-de-France. And often, it borders on impressionism pointillism.   No real consistency in this area of ​​the country agglomerates, and each piece of the puzzle that is the Pays de la Loire is infinitely divisible. Vendee opposed marshes and groves, sandy beaches and coastline of granite. Anjou has its Val, his bright castles and horticultural campaigns. Nantes, the capital of the region, bordering on schizophrenia, between its past and its status Breton older sister in Pays de la Loire …   In short, the Loire region (Loire) is a true reduction in France, which is considered the most diverse countries in Europe. The Loire, backbone of the country, led a procession of rich land to the door of the world that is the ocean.

Wine (Vin) Appellation d’Origine

Wine (Vin) Appellation d’Origine

 

AOC Wine region Estimated date Comments
Alsace Alsace 1945 Alsace wine or Alsatian wine (in French: Vin d’Alsace) is produced in the Alsace region in France and is primarily white. Because of its Germanic influence, it is the only Appellation d’Origine region in France to produce mostly Varietal wines, typically from similar grape varieties to those used in German wines and Austria. Along, it produces some of the most noted dry Rieslings in the world as well as highly aromatic Gewurztraminer wines my favorite white wine.     Wines are produced under three different AOCs: Alsace AOC for white, rosé and red wines, Alsace Grand Cru AOC for white wines from certain classified vineyards and Cremant d’Alsace AOC for sparkling wines. Both dry and sweet white wines are produced.

Wine (Vin) appellation d’origine controlee

 

Aloxe-Corton Burgundy 1938 Aloxe-Corton,  is produced in the communes of Aloxe-Corton and Ladoix-Serrigny in Cote de Beaune of Burgundy. The appellation d’origine controlee (AOC) Aloxe-Corton may be used for red and white wine with respectively Pinot noir and Chardonnay as the main grape variety. The production consists of almost only red wine, around 98 per cent, and only around two percent white wine. The southern and eastern side of the Corton hill is located in the commune of Aloxe-Corton, including vineyards of all three Grand Cru AOCs of the hill; Corton, Corton-Charlemange and Charlemange, and its northeastern part in the commune of Ladoix-Serrigny. The major part of the Corton hill is located within Aloxe-Corton. The AOC was created in 1938.

Wine (Vin) Appellation d’Origine Contrôlee

 

AOC Wine region Estimate date Comments
Ajaccio Corsica 1984 Before 1984 a designation within Corse or Vin du Corse under the alternative names Ajaccio or Coteaux d’Ajaccio

Ajaccio is an Appellation d’Origine Controlee (AOC) for wine situated in Corsica, France as a part of the Corsica wine region. Ajaccio was earlier known as Coteaux d’Ajaccio and covers a vast stretch of land that looks down over the Mediterranean Sea The wine-growing tradition in this area, one of the oldest traditions on the island, has grown up around carefully maintained estates and plots of land. Often seen as the jewel in the crown of Corsican grape varieties, Sciaccarellu grapes tend to give both red and rosé wines a distinctive flavor and elegance.Coteaux d’Ajaccio was awarded VDQS status in 1971, became an AOC in 1976 as part of the larger Corse AOC, and became a separate AOC in 1984.
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