Discvering & Learning abut Lire Valley Wines
The Wine Prducing Regins in France 10 main wine prducing regins in France Representative wine making regins : Brdeaux, Rhône Valley, Lire Valley, Burgundy, Alsace, 2
Discver the Lire Valley Wines 3
Influence Atlantic Sea and Lire River 4
An utstanding terrir The variety f the Lire Valley gelgy Nantes area : vlcanic rck f the Armrican Massif, gneiss, granite Anju area : schist, chalk limestne Saumur and Turaine area : Tuffeau limestne, chalk-clay sils, sand and gravel Centre area : chalk-clay sils, sand and flint. 5
The Varieties in Lire Valley CABERNET FRANC CHENIN BLANC GAMAY SAUVIGNON PINOT NOIR MELON 6
Lire Valley Wines 47% white 1,5 millin Hl (200 M bttles) 24% rsé 720 000 Hl (100 M bttles) 20% red 600 000 Hl (80 M bttles) 9% Fines Bulles 290 000 Hl (40 M bttles) 7
Lire Valley Wines Tp prducer f white AOC wines Tp AOC regin f Fines Bulles Wines (nn Champagne) 2 nd largest prducer f rsé AOC wines 48.000 ha f wine-grwing area An average prductin f 2.900.000 hl per year 79 appellatins & denminatins, 1 IGP Val de Lire 3.000 prfessinals 8
A dynamic marketing : Lire Valley Wines 320 millin bttles sld per year (average n 3 years) 3rd largest AOC wine making regin in French retailing 64 millin bttles exprted 157 exprt markets 9
The Lire Valley : a Regin f Histry and Culture 4th century : Apparitin f vines in Lire Develpment arund mnastaries and Ryal Curts XIXe century : crisis f Phyllxera 1936 : Creatin f AOC 10
Lire Valley : The Heart f France The purest French is talked in Turs (Lire Valley) The mst prestigius french castles are in Lire valley Jan f Arc started her cmbat against English in Lire Valley Rabelais, the writer, was brn in Chinn (Lire Valley) Lernard da Vinci lived in Ambise 11
A regin f histry and culture The influence f a river : an utstanding cultural landscape defined by Lire River The regin is still clsely linked t the river. The Lire Valley Wines travelled alng this imprtant waterway until the 19th century. An architectural heritage : The regin displays the histry f France thrugh its elegant castles, ancient abbeys and histric twns. The vine and the wine : The Lire valley is the largest French area n UNESCO s Wrld Heritage List. 12
Lire Wines : fruit, freshness et elegance Identity : shared characteristic f Lire Wines Fruity and elegant wines Authentic and generus wines Fresh and expressive wines Variety : Between clrs : white, red and rsé Between type f wines : still, sparkling and fines bulles Between alchl degree : dry, tender, half-dry and sweet Between grapes Originality : a large variety f unique grape wines Meln de Burggne in Nantes area Chenin, Cabernet franc and Grlleau in Anju, Saumur and Turaine areas Sauvignn and Gamay in Turaine area Sauvignn and Pint nir in the Centre-Lire area 13
White Wines : The excellence f the Lire Valley Wines 1 st wine-grwing area f AOC white wines in France A great variety f dry, medium-dry and sweet white wines 3 main grapes : Meln de Burggne, Chenin and Sauvignn. Age wrthy wines : wines that can be drunk yung but which have the ptential fr ageing. A multitude well knwn appellatins : Muscadet, Puilly Fumé, Sancerre, Vuvray 14
Red wines with character Elegant and fruity wines which, with time, develp ntes f stewed fruits and armas f sus-bis A strng identity : easy-drinking r cellaring wines, they can be appreciated yung and pair beautifully with fine cuisine A multitude well-knwn appellatins : Chinn, Saumur Champigny, Anju Villages, Sancerre 15
Delicate Rsé wines : A speciality f the Lire vineyard ¼ f the AOC Lire Valley wines prductin A great diversity, unique in France : 20 appellatins Several grape varieties Off-dry rsé wines : a speciality f the Lire Valley Fine, fruity and refreshing 16
Fines Bulles Wines : A different apprach t sparkling 1 st AOC Fines Bulles regin (nn-champagne) A gd range f wines prduced by the méthde traditinnelle : Several AOC white r rsé wines : brut, dry r medium-dry Frm Anju t Turaine regin Elegant and subtle wines with great finesse Chenin Blanc is the dminant grape and the exclusive ne in Vuvray. 17
Lire Valley : The mst extensive, diversified and riginal vineyard Pays Nantais Turaine Anju - Saumur Centre-Lire 18
Pays Nantais 2 cpératives 50 négciants 600 prducers => 9 800 ha => 475 000 hl, 95,4 % White 2,4 % Rsé 2,2 % Red 0 % Fines Bulles = 63 millins f bttles Surces : InterLire, Duane (année 2014 pur la réclte et campagne 2014-20145 pur la cmmercialisatin) 19
Anju-Saumur 2 cpératives 60 négciants 1 000 prducers => 17 600 ha => 936 000 hl, =125 millins de cls 50% Rsé 20% Red 19% Fines Bulles 11% White Surces : InterLire, Duane (année 2014 pur la réclte et campagne 2014-2015 pur la cmmercialisatin) 20
Turaine 12 cpératives 150 négciants 1 400 prducers => 14 300 ha => 703 000 hl, 40% Red 32% white 18% Fines Bulles 10% Rsé = 95 millins de cls Surces : InterLire, Duane (année 2014 pur la réclte et campagne 2014-20145 pur la cmmercialisatin) 21
KEY INFORMATION The Lire Valley : A regin f Histry and culture An ustanding cultural landscape defined by the Lire River An architectural heritage The «Garden f France» A septentrinal (Nrth) & hrizntal vineyard Wines mainly frm a single grape A diversity f sils and climates = a diversity f wines The permanent wrk f Men & Wmen 23
Fd & Wine Pairing Real Meat Smked Meat White Meat Cheese Spicy Fd Shell Fish Fish Greens Dessert Sparkling Red Rsé White 24
There s a wine fr every ccasin 25
Why Lire Valley? Listed as a UNESCO Wrld Heritage : Landscapes : villages, chateaux, gardens, ryal abbeys 1,000 Km wine rute including 800 km f bike paths The lngest wine rute in France Vineyards pen t public Wine turism trips : Massive cellars Wine Tasting walks in the vineyard : Vines, Wines et Walking Frm the Atlantic t the Centre-Lire : fabulus diversity f wines 26
3 REASONS TO COME HERE 1. T see the Lire chateaux and the landscape, which is the largest UNESCO Wrld Heritage site in the wrld. 2. T ride the 800 km f bike paths alng the Lire river: The Lire by Bike. 3. T taste the Lire Valley wines in different ways: by night at the Chateau de Chennceau, during a walk in the vineyards, r in the massive undergrund wine cellars. 27
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