{"id":93531,"date":"2016-04-29T11:41:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T11:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=93531"},"modified":"2016-07-15T07:51:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T07:51:40","slug":"the-top-6-french-wine-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=93531","title":{"rendered":"The Top 6 French Wine Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cGive me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.\u201d<\/em>[CustomTables]<\/strong><\/p>\n

-John Keats<\/p>\n

The last article was about the most expensive wines<\/a> in the world. Now we are narrowing down the circle while rowing to French wines. We would like to introduce the French wine classics from region to region<\/strong>, we selected six wine regions for this, of course without limitation. Our aim is to enlighten our reader’s mind about the French wines on a basic level.<\/p>\n

The basic requirement of a good French wine is to be long-lived<\/strong> – that is to say to keep their enjoyment value for decades. Another defining aspect is that do they appear on auctions \u2013 i.e. How big is their buy-appeal. Reading the catalogs of big auction houses (Sotheby’s, Chrysty’s) is instructive and entertaining in itself.<\/p>\n

We would like to emphasize that when we are talking about a wine, it can only be a wine from a particular winery<\/strong> and vintage, which is made from a certain grape variety or a fixed mixture of several types. These three data clearly define the wine. The following story will help to understand the value and significance of wine-growing \u201changouts\u201d.<\/p>\n

A highly respected French winemaker was visiting Hungary and someone asked the question: if the French land grows the world’s best grape varieties in top shape, why don’t they deploy Furmint<\/a> for example? It is likely that this vine wine would be even more enjoyable there<\/strong>, than in it’s original home. The convincing answer was short, probably, moreover, vraisemblable! But the benchmark would be still Hungary, the first growing region.<\/p>\n

\n

6. Champagne<\/h2>\n

\"best<\/p>\n

Does the name sounds familiar? According to the legend, the champagne originate from this region<\/strong>, although reportedly other areas in France had already produced sparkling wine<\/a> before Dom Perignon. Champagne vineyard produce almost two million hectoliters of wine per year<\/strong> nowadays.<\/p>\n

The area is divided into several small regions: Mountain of Reims, Marne Valley, the C\u00f4te des Blancs and the C\u00f4te de S\u00e9zanne. Most of the champagne soils are chalky<\/strong>, with less than one meter of a machinable layer. Three grape varieties are grown: the white-fleshed red grapes Pinot Noir<\/a> and Pinot Meunier and the white grape Chardonnay.<\/p>\n

The acidic wine born on the chalky soil is an excellent raw material for the champagne. Blancs de blancs is made of only one variety<\/strong>, the white grape of Chardonnay.<\/p>\n