France
Cool Continental to Cool Maritime
Loire, Vouvray: with age, complex tertiary aromas (honeysuckle, figs, lanolin)
Loire, Coteaux du Layon: Botrytis common, fuller body, sweeter, lower acidity
Loire, Savennières: gold in colour, dry, H acidity, H alcohol, long mineral finish, unoaked
intense notes of apple, chamomile, warm straw, beeswax with ageing
Compared to dry Vouvray, more austere, fuller body, higher alcohol
South Africa
Warm Mediterranean
Western Cape: compared to Loire, lower acidity, higher alcohol, stone to tropical fruits than apples, honey, vanilla and toast if aged in oak