Bonnezeaux AOC

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Bonnezeaux AOC is a renowned French appellation in the Loire Valley that produces rich, sweet white wines primarily from botrytized Chenin Blanc grapes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bonnezeaux AOC canonical 2
Savennières AOC 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée ⓘ
French wine appellation ⓘ
agingContainer oak barrels ⓘ
agingPotential long-term aging ⓘ
authorizedGrapeVariety Chenin Blanc ⓘ
climate cool continental with maritime influence ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countrySubdivision Pays de la Loire ⓘ
fermentationContainer oak barrels ⓘ
stainless steel tanks ⓘ
governingBody INAO ⓘ
grapeColor white grapes ⓘ
grapeCondition botrytized grapes ⓘ
grapeHarvestMethod selective hand harvesting ⓘ
grapeRipenessRequirement very ripe or overripe grapes ⓘ
harvestStyle multiple passes (tries) through the vineyard ⓘ
influentialGeographicFeature Layon river fogs encouraging botrytis ⓘ
legalStatus protected designation of origin ⓘ
locatedIn Anjou-Saumur subregion ⓘ
Loire Valley wine region ⓘ
linked to: Loire wine region

Maine-et-Loire department ⓘ
locatedNear Layon river ⓘ
marketPosition prestigious Loire sweet wine appellation ⓘ
notableFor rich, concentrated sweet wines from Chenin Blanc ⓘ
notableViticulturalFactor noble rot (Botrytis cinerea) ⓘ
otherNames Bonnezeaux ⓘ
partOf Anjou wine region ⓘ
linked to: Loire wine region
primaryGrapeVariety Chenin Blanc ⓘ
regionType communal appellation ⓘ
soilType sandstone and shale influences ⓘ
schist soils ⓘ
typicalAcidity high acidity ⓘ
typicalAlcoholByVolume high for sweet wines ⓘ
typicalAromas botrytis notes ⓘ
candied fruit ⓘ
dried apricot ⓘ
honey ⓘ
typicalResidualSugar high residual sugar ⓘ
typicalServingTemperature chilled ⓘ
typicalSweetnessLevel liquoreux ⓘ
typicalUse dessert wine ⓘ
wineBody full-bodied for white wine ⓘ
wineClassification Loire Valley sweet white wine ⓘ
wineColor white ⓘ
wineLawCategory AOC (Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée) of Loire Valley ⓘ
wineStyle sweet white wine ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anjou wine appellations → includesAppellation → Savennières AOC ⓘ
linked to: Bonnezeaux AOC
Anjou AOC → hasSubAppellation → Bonnezeaux AOC ⓘ