WTN + Q: Vin de Pays du Val de Loire

• 2007 Henri Bourgeois Petit Bourgeois Rosé de Pinot Noir - France, Loire Valley (7/31/2008)
  Vin de Pays du Val de Loire; 12,5% abv; 10,97€. At the darker end of salmon pink. A rather sweet scent of strawberry, but it also has nice minerality and obvious Pinosity. Quite intense, high acidity (some might even say it is tart), very refreshing but with enough ripe fruit to counter the structure. A perfectly decent, uncomplicated wine that was a pleasure to drink.

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+ Q: I didn't see an appellation VdPdVdL when I logged this onto CT, so is this some new appellation? What exactly is it?

-O

The ruling from last year is here, Otto: http://www.sommelier-france.org/infopdf/1179134136.pdf

Basically it replaces VDP du Jardin de la France. Bob

Bob,

Thanks, I remember talk of that now (memory is obviously not what it used to be, lol!). I just posted on CT to ask that it be added to the Loire Appellations.

-O