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The area around Chinon, Bourgueil and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil produces the majority of the Loire Valley's red wine based on the Cabernet franc grape—known in this areas as Breton. The wines of the Chinon area are the softest and rich expression of the grape while the Bourgueil area produces more tannic and firm wines.
A wine from the Bourgueil AOC. Bourgueil (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Loire Valley region, and produces primarily red wine from the grape variety Cabernet Franc, located in the commune of Bourgueil and surrounding communes.
The region produce more variety of different wine styles, from different grape varieties than any other Loire Valley wine region. [7] The majority of wine production in the region revolves around sweet white wines produced under their own sub-appellation including the Coteaux du Layon, Bonnezeaux, Quarts de Chaume and Coteaux de l'Aubance AOCs. [1]
Cheverny (French pronunciation: [ʃəvɛʁni]) is a French wine region in the Loire Valley that makes dry white wines, light red wines and rosé wines. The area received AOVDQS ( Appellation d'Origine Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure ) status in 1973, and then AOC ( Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée ) on 26 March 1993 when new regulatory ...
Pineau d'Aunis (French pronunciation: [pino donis]; also known as Chenin noir [1] [ʃənɛ̃ nwaʁ]) is a red French wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Loire Valley around Anjou and Touraine. [2] A favorite of Henry Plantagenet, [3] the English king had Pineau d'Aunis wine first brought to England in 1246. [4]
La Commanderie des Grands Vins d'Amboise (the Order of the Great Wines of Amboise) is a guild for the promotion of fine wines founded on 15 April 1967 by a team of wine-growers who were backed by Michel Debré, honorary president of the Syndicat des Vins de Touraine Amboise (Touraine-Amboise wine-growers' union).