Loire Valley vineyards

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viticultural area wine-growing region

Loire Valley vineyards are a renowned French wine-growing region celebrated for their diverse terroirs and production of distinctive white, red, rosé, and sparkling wines such as Sancerre, Vouvray, and Muscadet.

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Surface form Occurrences
Loire Valley 25
Loire wine region 2
Loire River valley 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf viticultural area ⓘ
wine-growing region ⓘ
climate cool continental climate ⓘ
maritime-influenced climate ⓘ
country France ⓘ
economicActivity wine tourism ⓘ
farmingPractice biodynamic viticulture ⓘ
organic viticulture ⓘ
grapeVariety Cabernet Franc ⓘ
surface form: Cabernet franc

Chenin Blanc ⓘ
surface form: Chenin blanc

Folle blanche ⓘ
Gamay ⓘ
Grolleau ⓘ
Melon de Bourgogne ⓘ
Pinot Noir ⓘ
surface form: Pinot noir

Sauvignon blanc ⓘ
knownFor Muscadet wines ⓘ
Sancerre wines ⓘ
Vouvray wines ⓘ
cool-climate wines ⓘ
diverse terroirs ⓘ
dry white wines ⓘ
high-acidity wines ⓘ
light-bodied red wines ⓘ
rosé wines ⓘ
sparkling wines ⓘ
sweet white wines ⓘ
locatedIn Loire Valley vineyards self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Loire Valley

central France ⓘ
western France ⓘ
notableAppellation Anjou AOC ⓘ
Bourgueil AOC ⓘ
Chinon AOC ⓘ
Muscadet wines ⓘ
surface form: Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine AOC

Sancerre ⓘ
surface form: Pouilly-Fumé AOC

Rosé d’Anjou AOC ⓘ
Sancerre ⓘ
surface form: Sancerre AOC

Saumur-Champigny AOC ⓘ
Vouvray wines ⓘ
surface form: Vouvray AOC
partOf Loire Valley vineyards self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Loire wine region
primaryWineStyle red wine ⓘ
rosé wine ⓘ
sparkling wine ⓘ
still white wine ⓘ
produce Coteaux du Layon sweet wines ⓘ
Crémant de Loire sparkling wine ⓘ
recognizedBy Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire is a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes)
soilType flinty silex soils ⓘ
kimmeridgian limestone ⓘ
sand and gravel soils ⓘ
schist soils ⓘ
tuffeau limestone ⓘ
subregion Anjou ⓘ
Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ
surface form: Centre-Loire

Pays Nantais ⓘ
Saumur ⓘ
Touraine ⓘ
traversedBy Loire ⓘ
surface form: Loire River

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Blanc Fumé → associatedWineRegion → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
French Renaissance → center → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Centre-Val de Loire → contains → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Pays de la Loire → containsPartOf → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Western France → containsWineRegion → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Gamay → grownIn → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Sauvignon Blanc → grownInRegion → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Loire-Atlantique department → hasCulturalIdentity → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
subject surface form: Loire-Atlantique
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Sauvignon Gris → historicallyCultivatedIn → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Loire → knownFor → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
Nièvre → knownFor → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River valley
Bourgueil → locatedIn → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Chinon → locatedIn → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Loire → locatedIn → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley wine region
Loire Valley vineyards → locatedIn → Loire Valley vineyards self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Menetou-Salon → locatedIn → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Sancerre → locatedIn → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Saumur-Champigny → locatedIn → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Tours → locatedIn → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Tours, France → locatedIn → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
subject surface form: Tours
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Sully-sur-Loire → locatedInValley → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Côt → notableRegion → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Chalonnes-sur-Loire → partOf → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
subject surface form: Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Loire Valley vineyards → partOf → Loire Valley vineyards self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire wine region
Sancerre → partOf → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Loire wine district
Touraine → partOf → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
University of Angers → region → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Loire → valley → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Menetou-Salon → wineRegionOf → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire Valley
Sancerre → wineRegionOf → Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire wine region