The Loire Valley

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Across
  1. 1. Clisson, Gorges & Le Pallet
  2. 6. Chenin-based AOC within Touraine offered in "sec", "demi-sec", "moelleux", "doux" and "mousseux".
  3. 9. Grape grown exclusively in Cour-Cheverny
  4. 14. Tributary of the Loire giving its name to a zone famous for sweet wines
  5. 15. Soil of Manetou-Salon, Quincy & Reuilly
  6. 16. Sweet Premier Cru from Côteaux du Layon
  7. 20. Made according to the traditional method these bubblies holds less pressure than Crémants, but more than Pétillants
  8. 21. Climate of the upper Loire
  9. 22. Between Anjou/Saumur and Sancerre
  10. 24. Cabernet Franc based AOC north of Chinon
  11. 25. Around the town of Anger
  12. 26. Soil found in Sancerre with Caillottes and Terres Blanches
Down
  1. 1. Permitted in the Loire in wet & cool vintages that lacked sunshine
  2. 2. Chenin-based AOC including Coulée de Serrant & La Roche aux Moines
  3. 3. Largest producing zone of sparkling in the Loire
  4. 4. Locally known Cabernet Franc
  5. 5. Soil of Pays Nantais topped with gneiss
  6. 7. Indigenous red grape of the central Loire used mostly in rosé production
  7. 8. Climate of the lower Loire
  8. 10. De Bourgogne in Pays Nantais
  9. 11. Turonian chalk around Tour
  10. 12. Common disease in the wet climate of Pays Nantais
  11. 13. This "Blanc" is the main white grape of Centre Loire
  12. 17. 75 percent of it is "De Sèvre et Maine"
  13. 18. Botrytized Chenin-based sweet wine from the Middle Loire
  14. 19. This Cabernet is the most planted red grape in the Middle Loire
  15. 21. This "Blanc" is the principal white grape of the Middle Loire
  16. 23. White grape used in Cheverny, IGP & sparkling