Appellation
Cheverny
Identity card
VillageAOPWhiteRedRosé
Loire Valley · Recognised on 26 March 1993
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- Always a blend: no wine from a single grape.
- Whites: the Sauvignons, with Chardonnay, Chenin or Orbois.
- Reds and rosés: Pinot Noir first, with Gamay.
Grape varieties
White
Sauvignon BlancSauvignon Gris
Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris · 60 to 84% of the holding's vines
Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Orbois · 16 to 40% of the holding's vines
Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris · at least 50% of the blend
Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Orbois · at least 16% of the blend
Always at least one principal and one complementary grape
Red
Accessory varieties: Cot (5% at most of the holding's vines)
Pinot Noir · 60 to 84% of the holding's vines
Gamay · 16 to 40% of the holding's vines
Pinot Noir · at least 60% of the blend
Gamay · at least 5% of the blend
Cot · 5% at most of the blend
In italics, without a link: grapes with no entry yet.
Production rules
4,500
vines/ha
Minimum planting density
RedRosé
55
hl/ha
Maximum yield
10
% ABV
Minimum natural alcohol
White
60
hl/ha
Maximum yield
10
% ABV
Minimum natural alcohol
- Minimum planting density
- The fewest vines allowed per hectare. For the same yield, more vines means fewer grapes on each. For reference: 4,000 vines/ha to 9,000 vines/ha across 164 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Maximum yield
- How much wine a hectare may produce under the appellation (a higher, exceptional ceiling often exists). The lower it is, the less can be made: one of the levers on how concentrated the grapes are.
- Minimum natural alcohol
- The alcohol the grapes' own sugar must be able to give, without enrichment: a ripeness threshold at harvest.
Terroir
- Lie of the land: Gently rolling plateau, vines in patches among woods
- Soils: Loire terraces, Sologne sands, Beauce limestone
- Climate: Degraded oceanic, the region's most continental
Wine style
- White
- Boxwood
- citrus
- tropical fruit
- white flowers
- lively and round
- Rosé
- red fruit, spice
- expressive
- nervy, with some richness
- Red
- red and black fruit
- sometimes spicy
- delicate tannins
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
5 December 2025
Order of 5 December 2025 approving the specification of the AOC “Cheverny” (AGRT2527071A), JORF no. 0296 of 18 December 2025, text no. 59 (BO of 25 December 2025). Appellation first recognised by the decree of 26 March 1993.
Labelling terms
- The geographical name "Vin de Loire" may be added
- No grape name on the label bearing the compulsory particulars
- Whites and rosés above 9 g/l of sugar: sugar content must be stated
- The name of a registered lieu-dit may appear on the label
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Cheverny »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO) / Ministère de l'agriculture
On the left bank of the Loire, across from Blois, Cheverny spreads over twenty-three communes of Loir-et-Cher (two of them only in part), as far as the woods of Chambord and the Cheverny forest. Recognised in 1993, the appellation makes still whites, reds and rosés, always from a blend: Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris rounded out with Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc or Orbois for the whites; Pinot Noir and Gamay, with a little Cot allowed, for the reds and rosés.
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