Savennières wine is a white wine, usually dry, produced from Chenin blanc around Savennières in the Loire Valley. The vineyards are situated on the north bank of the Loire River, in the Anjou-Saumur subregion.There are three Appellation d'origine contrôlées for Savennières wine: Savennières, covering most of the vineyards, and the enclaves Savennières-Roche-aux-Moines and Savennières-Coulée-de-Serrant. The area allowed for Savennières AOC spreads over 3 hills of schist, located on the northwest bank of the Loire river, totaling about 300 hectares , situated in three communes: Savennières, Bouchemaine and La Possonnière. Of these, about 146 ...
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