Lorraine wine region
The wine-growing regions of Lorraine are summarized in French under the collective term Vignoble de Lorraine . Correctly, there are two protected regional names for wines from Lorraine, with the VDQS area (since August 9, 1951) in the Côtes de Moselle and the AOC area (since March 31, 1998) in the Côtes de Toul .
In the Moselle growing area in the Moselle department on the rivers Mosel and Seille , the white grape varieties Gewürztraminer , Pinot Gris ( Pinot Gris ), Riesling and Sylvaner are predominantly grown. The vineyards are spread over the towns of Apach , Arry , Ars sur Moselle , Augny , Berg sur Moselle , Château Salins , Contz les Bains , Corny sur Moselle , Haute Contz , Jussy , Kerling les Sierck , Kirsch les Sierck , Maizières les Metz , Montenach , Moulins les Metz , Novéant sur Moselle , Petite Hettange (Malling), Rustroff , Sierck les Bains , Ste Ruffine , Vaux and Vic sur Seille .
In growing region Côtes de Toul in Meurthe-et-Moselle mainly red grape varieties are Gamay , Pinot Noir ( Pinot Noir ) and Pinot Meunier (Meunier) grown. The Auxerrois variety is also permitted . The vines are located in the eight towns west of Toul: Blénod-lès-Toul , Bruley , Bulligny , Charmes la Côte , Domgermain , Lucey , Mont le Vignoble and Pagney derrière Barine . The best known is the Vin Gris , a very light rosé wine , which is generally made from Gamay, but also Pinot Noir, which is sometimes used in cuvées .
See also
literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7742-0914-6 .
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et Vignobles de France . Lavoisier, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7430-0585-8 .
- Benoît France: Grand Atlas des Vignobles de France . Éditions SOLAR, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-263-03242-8 .