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Touraine

Touraine covers ten appellations: Chinon, Bourgueil, and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil for Cabernet Franc; Vouvray and Montlouis-sur-Loire for Chenin Blanc; Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny for blended whites and Romorantin; Jasnières for northern Chenin Blanc; and generic Touraine plus Touraine-Chenonceaux.

Place
Touraine · Loire · France
Wine context
Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc
Producers
43
Editorial basis
World of Wine subregion guide
Atlas locationTouraine · Loire47.39° N · 0.69° E
Grape focus
Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc
Places named here
Chinon · Cravant-les-Coteaux · Sazilly · Ligré · Savigny-en-Véron · Restigné · Bourgueil · Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil · Vouvray · Vernou-sur-Brenne · Rochecorbon
Appellations
Chinon · Vouvray · Bourgueil · Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil · Montlouis-sur-Loire

Elsewhere in Loire

Continue through the region

  1. Anjou-Saumur38 producersAnjou-Saumur covers 23 producers across eleven appellations: Saumur-Champigny, Saumur, Saumur-Puy-Notre-Dame, Savennières, Savennières-Roche-aux-Moines, Savennières-Coulée-de-Serrant, Anjou, Coteaux du Layon, Quarts de Chaume, Bonnezeaux, and Chaume.
  2. Centre-Loire33 producersCentre-Loire anchors the Loire map with a focused Sauvignon Blanc story, spread across three closely related appellations on the river's eastern reaches.
  3. Pays Nantais12 producersPays Nantais anchors the Loire at its Atlantic edge, producing Muscadet from the vineyard zone around Nantes. Six producers from Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine are included.

Producer profiles

Producers in Touraine

  • Charles JoguetCharles Joguet is a Sazilly producer in Chinon with a listed organic range spanning red and white wines.
  • Couly-DutheilLoire domaine working Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc, with stainless steel central to the cellar and Clos de l'Olive under Touraine.
  • Domaine ChampalouDomaine Champalou is a Vouvray estate with approximately twenty hectares of Chenin Blanc across three communes, making dry, semi-sweet, sweet and sparkling wines while preserving natural acidity.
  • Domaine de la ChaiseSaint-Georges-sur-Cher domaine with Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Touraine appellations, and tuffeau limestone soils.
  • Domaine de la CommanderieFamily domaine in Panzoult making Cabernet Franc and Chenin wines across red, white, rosé, and sparkling styles.
  • Domaine de la NoblaieLigré domaine making organic Cabernet Franc reds and Chenin Blanc whites from distinct tuffeau limestone parcels.
  • Domaine de la Taille aux LoupsMontlouis domaine founded by Jacky Blot, making Chenin Blanc still wines and Triple Zero pétillant.
  • Domaine des AubuisièresVouvray Chenin Blanc from Domaine des Aubuisières, spanning traditional method sparkling wine, dry whites and sweet styles.
  • Domaine Du Carroir PerrinVerdigny Sancerre domaine with hand harvested vineyards, separate parcel vinification, and Sauvignon Blanc aged in stainless steel.
  • Domaine du SalvardFive generation Loire domaine with Cheverny white and red wines, LPS Pinot Noir, and Pinot Noir Vieilles Vignes.
  • Domaine Fabrice GasnierCravant-les-Coteaux domaine making biodynamic Cabernet Franc reds, including Les Graves Chinon.
  • Domaine François ChidaineMontlouis domaine with Chenin Blanc, biodynamic farming, parcel vinification and Méthode Traditionnelle Brut Nature.
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  • Domaine GrosboisDomaine Grosbois makes Chinon reds with dense planting, revived polyculture and concrete cellar work.
  • Domaine OudartDomaine Oudart is an 11 hectare AOC Touraine producer in the Loire, making 100% Sauvignon Blanc and 100% Gamay wines in a setting described as a unique place for biodiversity.
  • Domaine Vigneau-ChevreauFive generation Vouvray domaine making sparkling, dry, semi-dry and sweet Chenin Blanc wines from chalk and silex soils.
  • Domaine Vincent CarêmeLoire domaine making sparkling, dry and sweet wines, plus South African Chenin Blanc.
  • EARL DemoisCravant-les-Côteaux estate making biodynamic Cabernet Franc reds and Chenin white wine.
  • Earl Domaine de BellivièreSarthe domaine making parcel by parcel Chenin Blanc from Jasnières and Coteaux du Loir, with biodynamic farming and rock cave ageing.
  • Famille BougrierSix generation Loire family house with Touraine Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Franc reds and regional cellars from Touraine to Muscadet.
  • Les Vignerons des Coteaux RomanaisSaint-Romain-sur-Cher cooperative making Touraine wines from Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Gamay, Cabernet, Côt and Pinot Noir, plus Crémant de Loire.
  • MonmousseauMontrichard sparkling-wine house making traditional-method Loire wines in 15 kilometres of cool former quarry cellars.
  • Vignoble BrisebarreA Vouvray family operation pairing its new generation with a dry 2022 white and oak-fermented Cuvée Amédée.

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Where to go next

placeReturn to LoireSee how Touraine fits within the wider Loire region.mapSee Touraine in the AtlasKeep its neighbouring areas and producers in view.producerMeet Charles JoguetCharles Joguet is one of the producers placed in Touraine.