Quincy AOC is an appellation for a white wine made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc grown in the two communes listed below, west of Bourges, bordering the river Cher in the Loire valley’s Central Vineyards.

Communes (2): Brinay. | Quincy.

Terroir: ‘Sandy-clayey plateaus on lacustrine limestone,’ (Guide Hachette des Vins 2004, p.988-9).

Wine style: ‘Racy, gooseberry-flavoured, can age [in bottle] for a year or two,’ (Oz Clarke 2015, p.215).

Wine production: 2002 7,576 from 174ha (Guide Hachette des Vins 2004, p.988-9).

Wineries

No certification: Domaine de Villalin.

Bibliography

Oz Clarke, Oz Clarke Wine A-Z (Pavilion, 2015).