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Loire Valley

Loire Valley starts West, around Nantes area planted with muscadet and gros-plant grape-varieties and runs along the Loire river to end in Côte d'Auvergne and St-Pourcain. It is delimited to the North by Jasnière and Orléans area and to the South by Chateaumeillant and Haut-Poitou.

Saumur-Champigny wines
Saumur-Champigny denomination was granted to this area in 1957. Delimited according to strict geological criteria, the AOC is restricted to 9 villages. 
The only production allowed under this denomination is that of red wine made from Cabernet-Franc. Covering 1,400 hectares (3,360 acres) Saumur-Champigny is really different from other wines from Anjou and Saumurois and the wine-producer Union is really keen on preserving the strong and typical character of Saumur-Champigny wine.

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