French wine: a poetic drink with bewitching qualities
Like many other delicious food, France is also far-famed for its excellent
wines. There are almost more than 40,000 French wines and the best thing about
the French wine is their attractive look and color. Also, the range, and quality
of these wines can’t be compare with any thing else. Wine production in France
is the highest than any other European country.
The history of French wine dates to pre-Roman times, and Napoleon revolted
French winemaking. From the beginning of 13th century to 1880, French wine was
on its journey of growth and development with ups and downs. A movement began in
1936 to ensure the authenticity of wine and France adopted AOC system to improve
all the wine productions by circulating the knowledge and information about
agronomy, technological and scientific advances in the field of winemaking.
All the regions of France produce literally hundreds of labels of French wine,
some of the famous places are Alsace constitute Bordeaux, Burgundy producing
Pinot Noir (red wine) and Chardonnay (white wine), Champagne covering
languedoc-Roussillion, the Loire valley. The Rhone and savoie also produce some
of the best wines like Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Cote Rotie, and Hermitage etc. where
as Midi and Provence regions in the south of France produce a varied variety of
ordinary wine, aperitif and desert wine included popular roses.
Every principle French region of winemaking has its own unique identity, based
on the types of grapes grown in the area and the surrounding terrain. All the
contributing factors to the fragrance, color and taste of final product are
geographical, geological, and climatic conditions in the vineyards.
In the Bordeaux region alone there are approximately 7000 chateaux. French Reds
cover a wide spectrum of colors, tastes and aromas and mixing tones of fresh
fruits like apricots, currant or plum with the undertones of clove, mushroom or
truffle. French Whites are known for their perfumed aromas of violet and herbs
mix with the bright spicy and fruity tones. Serving French wines at dinner
parties offers you the deliciousness in taste and excellence in feel.
There are 362 'appellations' or types of French wine, with 55 appellations under
the heading 'Vins De Pays' plus countless Vin de Tables. Each appellation
includes hundreds of vineyards that produce the majority of French wines.
French wine is divided into the 5 classifications according to a very strict
hierarchy based on the source and the control of the production that have been
put into place on the wine-production, and not necessarily the quality—AOC
(Appellation d'Origine Contrle) is the topmost exclusive and expensive wines, as
it indicates the precisely specified wine regions with strict controls.
Cru Class is a high-ranked classification and VDQS (Vin Dlimit de Qualit
Suprieure) is the second highest ranked wine appellation. Vin de Pays, a
exclusive table wine, indicates a particular region of France and with a
specific vintage. And, Vin de Table is the basic French "table wine" that can be
found easily even on small shops.
Actually it’s the taste bud that really makes French wine distinct from rest.
More over it’s very essential to know the proper way of storing French wine that
is bottles of wine should be kept in a place where there is no frequent
fluctuation in the temperature, for keeping red wine 13-16 c Degree, for white
50-55 C degree is the most suitable. Also, the storage should be done on a place
where there is no vibration or breeze.
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