📜 Cour-Cheverny

Cour-Cheverny is a French PDO (protected designation of origin) for still white wine made from a single grape variety, Romorantin B, also known as Danery. The specification covers dry wines as well as medium-sweet and sweet wines.

The grapes are harvested and the wines made, developed and aged in the Loir-et-Cher municipalities of Cellettes, Cheverny, Chitenay, Cormeray, Cour-Cheverny, Huisseau-sur-Cosson, Montlivault, Mont-près-Chambord, Saint-Claude-de-Diray, Tour-en-Sologne and Vineuil. A separate area in the immediate vicinity, in the same department, is allowed for making, processing and ageing.

Dry wines have a minimum natural alcoholic strength of 10.5 % vol. After packaging they contain no more than 4 g/l of fermentable sugar, and total acidity is not more than 2 g/l less than the sugar content. Wines with a natural strength of at least 13.5 % vol may have up to 6 g/l of sugar. After enrichment, total strength must not exceed 12.5 % vol.

Medium-sweet and sweet wines have a minimum natural strength of 13.5 % vol and 20 to 45 g/l of fermentable sugar after packaging. Wines with more than 20 g/l of sugar are produced without enrichment. The maximum yield is 72 hectolitres per hectare for dry wines and 60 for medium-sweet and sweet wines.

Minimum planting density is 4,500 plants per hectare, with rows at most 2.10 m apart and plants 0.90 to 1.20 m apart. Vines carry at most 13 buds per plant. Wood chips are forbidden.