Orléans Cléry
| Orléans Cléry | |
|---|---|
| Appellation type: | AOP |
| Year of establishment: | November 23, 2006 |
| Viticulture tradition since: | 6th century |
| Country: | France |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | Loire |
| Cultivation climate: | predominantly maritime climate with continental influence |
| Precipitation (annual mean): | 640 mm (mean 1961 - 1990) |
| Soil types: | 1. sand and gravel soil, 2. sand and alluvial soil |
| Planted acreage: | 35 ha (as of 2005) |
| Grape varieties: | Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon (until 2020) |
| Basic yield: | 50 hl / ha |
| Wine quantity: | 848 hl (as of 2009) |
Orléans Cléry is a wine-growing region in France.
It is an approximately 30 hectare AOC area around the city of the same name Orléans , in the Center on the Loire , directly at the bend where the Loire turns west. The vineyards are located in the Center-Val de Loire region , in the Loiret department , and are divided between the municipalities of Cléry-Saint-André (also named), Mareau-aux-Prés , Mézières-lez-Cléry , Olivet and Saint-Hilaire- Saint-Mesmin . The area is bordered to the north by the Loire and to the south by the Sologne forest . The wine-growing region, which only applies to red wines made from the Cabernet Franc grape variety, is therefore embedded in the larger Orléans wine-growing region . Up to and including the 2020 vintage, a maximum of 25% Cabernet Sauvignon was allowed to be added to the Cabernet Franc .
history
There is evidence that the monks of Fleury Abbey expanded the existing viticulture in the 7th century. Gregory of Tours also mentions viticulture in his Historia Francorum. The wine region, which was important in the early modern period , had more than 30,000 hectares of vineyards in the 17th century. Between Châteauneuf-sur-Loire in the east and Beaugency in the west, viticulture was practically monoculture .
Various reasons were responsible for this development. In 1577, the Parlement of Paris decreed that the residents of Paris could only purchase wine made at least 90 km from the capital. There was a paved road between the Orléanais and Paris, which corresponded to the routing of today's Route nationale 20 . Furthermore, the Canal de Briare was opened to goods traffic in 1642 and made transport between Paris and the Loire much easier. The strong increase in sales of wine from the Orléans region led to a long-term decline in quality. The wines of the Loire were also consumed in the French royal family. In 1608, the doctor Joseph Duchesne wrote in his work "Pourtraict de la santé" that King Henry IV should be served wines from Coucy or Ay . This recommendation ushered in a slowly onset crisis.
With the construction of the railway connection to Paris in 1853, the region began to distribute its industry to other areas. When the vines were attacked by phylloxera , viticulture almost came to a standstill. Today Orléans is an industrial city and service metropolis.
In 1946 a designation of origin "Vins des Auvernats et Sauvignon de l'Orléanais et du Giennois" was established. A few years later, this bulky name was changed to "Vins de l'Orléanais" and classified as VDQS . This area later became part of the Orléans, Orláns Cléry and Coteaux du Giennois wine-growing regions .
Wines
The temperatures in the wine-growing region are usually slightly higher than in the Touraine and allow the Cabernet Franc to mature. The light and fruity red wines have a garnet red color and can be stored for 2 to 4 years.
Individual evidence
- ^ Roger Dion: Histoire de la Vigne et du Vin en France . 1st edition. CNRS Editions, 2010, ISBN 978-2-271-06952-8 , pp. 253-256 .
literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd completely revised edition. Hallwag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et Vignobles de France . Lavoisier 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 .
