When you think of the wines of the Loire Valley, the color red doesn't come to mind right away for most folks. I remember when I began learning about wine, I fell in love with the bracing acid of Muscadet, the lovely citrus-lemongrass flavor of Sancerre, and the earthy apple notes of Vouvray Sec. It was some amount of time, however before I even knew about the lake of cheap sparkling wines and rare reds produced in the same region. In past decades the climate has been too cold to produce anything more than a light fruity Gamay or a vegetal and thin Cabernet Franc, thus perpetuating the stigma against reds from the Loire.
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Monday, January 4, 2010
In Praise of Loire Valley Reds
When you think of the wines of the Loire Valley, the color red doesn't come to mind right away for most folks. I remember when I began learning about wine, I fell in love with the bracing acid of Muscadet, the lovely citrus-lemongrass flavor of Sancerre, and the earthy apple notes of Vouvray Sec. It was some amount of time, however before I even knew about the lake of cheap sparkling wines and rare reds produced in the same region. In past decades the climate has been too cold to produce anything more than a light fruity Gamay or a vegetal and thin Cabernet Franc, thus perpetuating the stigma against reds from the Loire.
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