Chaume
Chaume or Chaume-Premier Cru des Coteaux du Layon is the name of a wine-growing region in the Loire region . It is an enclave within the Coteaux-du-Layon appellation in the Anjou sub-area . Chaume is located in the Maine-et-Loire department , about 16 kilometers south of Angers . The vineyards are spread over the municipalities of Beaulieu-sur-Layon , Bellevigne-en-Layon , Bouchemaine , Brissac-Quincé , Chalonnes-sur-Loire , Chaudefonds-sur-Layon , Denée , Mauges-sur-Loire , Mozé-sur-Louet , La Possonnière , Rochefort-sur-Loire , Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné , Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay , Savennières , Soulaines-sur-Aubance , and Vauchrétien .
Chaume has had the status of an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) since September 19, 2003 . The vines grow on steep slopes on the right bank of the Layon River , a tributary of the Loire . Before the relevant AOC decree was passed, the area was named Coteaux du Layon Chaume .
Only sweet white wines are produced from the Chenin Blanc grape variety . The grapes should be infested with noble rot (see also Botrytis cinerea ) and are harvested by hand in several passes for better selection of the overripe grapes.
The yields are very low - the basic yields should not exceed 25 hl / hectare. The unfermented must should have a minimum sugar content of 238 g / l. The alcohol content must be at least 12 °, whereby the sugar is not completely fermented (a minimum residual sugar content of 34 g / liter is required). The wine is gold in color with greenish reflections; the fragrance is very floral and perfumed. It is drunk no earlier than five years after the harvest. It can be stored for at least 20 years. The drinking temperature is 8 ° C.
In the same area there is a second appellation, Quarts-de-Chaume .
Delimitation from the other sub-areas of the Coteaux-du-Layon
The legal templates for the individual appellations differ as follows.
| AOC | Yield limit (hectoliters per hectare) |
minimum must weight (in grams / liter) |
Minimum alcohol content in the wine | Minimum residual sugar content in the wine (in grams / liter) |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coteaux du Layon | 35 hl / ha | 221 g / l | 11% | 34 g / l | |
| Coteaux du Layon + municipality name | 30 hl / ha | 238 g / l | 12% | 34 g / l | |
| Coteaux du Layon (+ municipality name) + designation Sélection de grains nobles | 294 g / l | No chaptalization allowed; The berry selection character must be confirmed in a sensory test. | |||
| Bonnezeaux | 25 hl / ha | 238 g / l | 12% | 34 g / l | The berries must be harvested when overripe and may be affected by noble rot (but do not have to) |
| Chaume | 25 hl / ha | 272 g / l | 12% | 68 g / l | The berries must be harvested in a partially rosinated state or be affected by noble rot. If the natural must weight exceeds 323 g / l, the minimum alcohol content of the wine is 11% instead of 12% |
| Quarts de Chaume | 25 hl / ha | 238 g / l | 12% | 34 g / l | The berries must be harvested when overripe and may be affected by noble rot (but do not have to) |
literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-7742-0914-6 .
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et Vignobles de France . Lavoisie Publishing House, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7430-0585-8 .
- Benoît France (ed.): Grand Atlas des Vignobles de France . Solar publishing house, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-263-03242-8 .
Individual evidence
- ^ INAO: Specifications of the AOC Chaume, last revised on April 27, 2007
- ^ INAO: Specifications of the AOC Coteaux du Layon, last revised on February 21, 2007
- ^ INAO: Specifications of the AOC Bonnezeaux, last time on October 10, 2003
- ^ INAO: Specifications of the AOC Qarts de Chaume, last time on October 10, 2003