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Loire, n.|lwɑː(r)|
[The name of a river in France, which rises in the Massif Central and flows 1,015 km (630 miles) north and west to the Atlantic at St.-Nazaire.]
Used attrib. and absol. to designate wines of diverse types made from grapes grown in the valleys of the Loire and of its tributaries.
1930G. Knowles tr. P. de Cassagnac's French Wines viii. 204 Why are Loire wines, with a few exceptions, richer in alcohol and sugar as one goes down the river? 1951R. Postgate Plain Man's Guide to Wine iv. 86 Loire wines: Vouvray, Saumur, Anjou. 1974Times 10 Aug. 11/3 A very unusual white Loire in the 1973 Chinon Blanc, Château de Ligné. 1988Limited Edition (Oxford Times Suppl.) June 32/1 Neither of the two Loire wines made much impact on the [wine-tasting] panel. |