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Touraine is the large, central section of the Loire Valley, around the city of Tours. It contains some of the Loire’s most important appellations, such as Chinon, Bougueil, St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Vouvray, and Montlouis, as well as dozens of grape varieties. It is extremely geologically diverse as well, incorporating clay, sand, tuffeau, and gravel soils. The generic appellation of Touraine Blanc can be a blend of Chenin Blanc, Arbois, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay, while Touraine Rouge can be any combination of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cot, Gamay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Gris, Pineau d’Aunis, and Grolleau, which makes for some fun and interesting wines. The same grape varieties can also find their way into rose and sparkling wines.
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Domaine Chanteleuserie Bourgueil Cuvee Alouettes (2012)

Winery: Domaine de la Chanteleuserie
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Bourgueil
Varietal: Cabernet Franc
Type: Table Wines
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BeautifulCalamity

2013 vintage- earth and spice flavors with smooth tannins.

Ricard le Petiot Touraine (2009)

Region: France » Loire » Touraine
Color: White Wines
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staceybrick

This is the kind of wine that made me fall in love with the old world. A Sauvignon blanc that is softer, with a delicate mix of herbaceousness and citrus. There is just enough of a minerally, acidic quality on the finish to make it refreshing, but no...

Vincent Ricard Touraine (2007)

Winery: Domaine Vincent Ricard
Region: France » Loire » Touraine
Varietal: Sauvignon
Type: Table Wines
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cyril

Sauvignon of Touraine for the better or without the worse. This is the wine that made ​​me excited about the wines of Vincent Ricard. No, it is not vegish, no, it's not cat pee. This mineral is: you can feel the grain on the tongue. And fruit! Discreet...

Huët Vouvray Demi-Sec le Mont (2008)

Winery: S.A. Huët
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Vouvray
Varietal: Chenin Blanc
Type: Table Wines
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Philip

Very nice delicately sweet wine. Well balanced with acidity, which keeps it lively. Good mineral core, overlayed with sweet peach and honey melon flavors.

Domaine de Pallus Chinon (2007)

Winery: Pallus Chinon
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Varietal: Cabernet Franc
Type: Table Wines
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InWineTruth

Opaque garnet hue, aromas of raspberries and flowers; flavor notes of earthy black raspberries, wet green leaves and tobacco, with fine tannins integrated to a moderately long finish.

Georges Meurgey Vouvray (2009)

Winery: Georges Meurgey
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Vouvray
Varietal: Chenin Blanc
Type: Table Wines
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InWineTruth

Another good vintage from this negociant. Straw bright hue, aromas of yellow stone fruits, citrus and minerals; richly textured notes of yellow apples, white peach and citrus, with minerality and bright acid, carried to a moderate finish.

Clos de la Niverdiere Chinon (2009)

Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Varietal: Cabernet Franc
Type: Table Wines
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InWineTruth

Dark, almost brown-purple hue, aromas of dark stone fruits and leafy black tea; rich flavor notes of dusty black currants, black cherries, green herbs and spice nicely framed with sweet wood. A value for Cab Franc Lovers!

Domaine de la Chanteleuserie Bourgueil Cuvée Alouettes (2010)

Winery: Domaine de la Chanteleuserie
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Bourgueil
Varietal: Cabernet Franc
Type: Table Wines
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smithdaj54

Great, value, cab franc! For those who are a fan of the grape. Spicy with nice earth tones yet full fruit on the initial taste. Only 12% alcohol, you can drink 2!

Domaine de la Noblaie les Chiens-Chiens Chinon (2012)

Winery: Domaine de la Noblaie
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Varietal: Cabernet Franc
Type: Table Wines
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rckr1951

Raspberry and cherry float lightly with dried florals, herbs and spice. With just a touch of extra body this easy to drink, well heeled and lengthy. Paul 89 points

Clos Roche Blanche Pif Cabernet Franc Cot Case of 6 Bottles (2011)

Winery: Clos Roche Blanche
Region: France » Loire » Touraine
Varietal: Cabernet Franc
Type: Table Wines
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Gregory Dal Piaz

All quinine and root vegetables on the nose with lots of rich, loamy earth and smoky tobacco aromas. Both firm at its core, and round with the slight fleshiness of youth, this is too young today with lots of the quinine and earthy root vegetable flavor...

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Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon les Granges
Winery: Domaine Bernard Baudry
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Type: Table Wines

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Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf

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Domaine Gouron Chinon Terroirs
Winery: Domaine Gouron
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Type: Table Wines

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Asian Beef Casserole

Quick throw together meal that is delicious! Read more »

Château de la Grille Chinon
Winery: Château de la Grille
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Type: Table Wines

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Cheesy Beef 'n' Rice

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Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon
Winery: Domaine Bernard Baudry
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Type: Table Wines

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Beef and Tomato Pie Recipe | Taste of Home Recipes

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Chinon les Chiens-Chien
Winery: Domaine de la Noblaie
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Type: Table Wines

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Mini Meatloaves

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Le Grand Bouqueteau Chinon
Winery: Le Grand Bouqueteau
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Type: Table Wines

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Trick-or-Treat Turnovers Recipe

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Olga Raffault Chinon les Picasses White Imported-French
Winery: Olga Raffault
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Type: Table Wines

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Beef and Tomato Pie

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Baudry Chinon les Granges
Winery: Domaine Bernard Baudry
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Type: Table Wines

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Taco Bake I

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Chinon. les Clos
Winery: Domaine Henri Bourgeois
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Type: Table Wines

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Avocado Crostini Two Ways Recipe

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Jean-Maurice Raffault Chinon les Galuches
Winery: Jean-Maurice Raffault
Region: France » Loire » Touraine » Chinon
Type: Table Wines

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Varietals Produced in Touraine View all

  • Sauvignon Blanc

    Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California -- at over 15,000 acres, it’s now the third most planted variety -- and...

  • Chenin Blanc

    History of the grape: Modern day French oenologist Pierre Galet states Chenin Blanc has been in France at least since...

  • Gamay

    History of the grape: Legend has it that it was brought over by the Romans in the first century BC to the town of Bea...

  • Sauvignon

  • Pinot Noir

    “With so voluptuous a perfume, so sweet an edge, they make the blood run hot,” Joel Fleischman, wine columnist at Van...

Subregions of Touraine

  • Chinon

    Chinon Chinon is the most important red-wine appellation in the Touraine part of the Loire...

  • Vouvray

    Vouvray Vouvray is a large, varied appellation in the Touraine region of the Loire Vall...

  • Bourgueil

  • Cheverny

    Cheverny is an appellation created in 1993 [ although viticulture here goes back centuries ]  f...

  • Cour-cheverny

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  • Château de Vaugaudry

    Dès le XVIème siècle les seigneuries voisines de Vaugaudry et du Plessis-Gerbault appartiennent d...

  • Domaine Georges et Nicolas Brunet

    From a family of wine growers since eight generations we cultivate very traditionally and we resp...

  • Cave Des Producteurs de Vouvray

    The Cave des Producteurs de Vouvray was created in 1953, at the initiative of a small group of wi...

  • Domaine Wilfrid Rousse

    Installé en 1987 par passion du vin avec un hectare, Wilfrid Rousse exploite aujourd'hui 18 hecta...

  • Jean-Maurice Raffault

    In order to ensure the best conditions for matured wine, 3 local stone cellars allow us to store ...

  • Domaine du Viking

    The vineyards, extending to some 14 hectares (about 35 acres), are situated on the gentle slopes ...

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Touraine on Snooth

  • January 2016

    This one caught my eye. Not pinot noir, but gamay a la Loire via Oregon and Ian ... in honor of the celebrated Touraine appellation in France’s Loire Valley. This “Loregon” wine is sustainably farmed, L.I.V.E. certified and is crafted with minimal intervention, delivering a wine that is full with life and the energy of its ancient soils. Drop a... Read More

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  • Domaine Chanteleuserie Bourgueil Cuvee Alouettes 2012

    January 2016

    Domaine Chanteleuserie Bourgueil Cuvee Alouettes 2012

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    2013 vintage- earth and spice flavors with smooth tannins. Read More

    Wine review by BeautifulCalamity


  • Lame Delisle Boucard Cuvee Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil Domaine des Chesnaies 2012

    December 2015

    Lame Delisle Boucard Cuvee Vieilles Vignes Bourgueil Domaine des Chesnaies 2012

    Snoothrank:

    I bought this bottle of wine back in May when I visited Louis de Grenelle in Saumur [www.louisdegrenelle.fr ] where it was on sale in their shop It is from the nearby Bourgueil appellation. Bourgueil is an AOC created in 1937 [although viticulture here goes back to at least the Romans ] for red and rose wines from six communes around the village... Read More

    Wine review by duncan 906


  • Les Domes Chenonceau 2013

    December 2015

    Les Domes Chenonceau 2013

    Snoothrank:

    I bought this bottle of wine back in May when I visited the beautiful Chateau ... nearby village of Civray de Touraine. The Touraine AOC was created in 1939 [although viticulture in the region goes back to at least the 4th century AD ] for red,white, rose and sparkling wines produced in 70 communes around the town of Tours in the Loire valley.... Read More

    Wine review by duncan 906


  • December 2015

    Chateau Chenonceau does have a small vineyard and they sell wine and offer ... ... nearby village of Civray de Touraine.I know this because I was there back in May. Chateau Chenonceau is definitely one of the world's most beautiful buildings and deservedly a premier tourist attracti Read More

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  • November 2015

    Redagic  Malbec originated in France but the taste of a wine is not only ... a bottle of La Gourmandire Touraine Cot and I recall that it was fairly lightweight in style .Malbec is sometimes used in a blend in Bordeaux but the only 100% malbec I have heard of from Bordeaux is from Chateau Tire Pe. I have not tried that particular cuvee.The thi... Read More

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  • Vouvray R Cuvee Vincent Raimbault Demi-Sec NV

    October 2015

    Vouvray R Cuvee Vincent Raimbault Demi-Sec NV

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    Wine review by martins2002


  • Marc Plouzeau Touraine Sauvignon 2014

    September 2015

    Marc Plouzeau Touraine Sauvignon 2014

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    Wine review by fourthfromleft


  • Les Cailloux Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil 2014

    September 2015

    Les Cailloux Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil 2014

    Snoothrank:

    This young and juicy wine is much more dense and fruit-forward than recent years (which had poor harvest results in most cases) and quite drinkable now. Café-style Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil at its best - bursting with cherries on the nose - almost like Nouveau. Rich berry flavours on entry - especially blueberry (bleuet) that explode but finis... Read More

    Wine review by zufrieden


  • Charles Jouget Chinon Rose 2014

    August 2015

    Charles Jouget Chinon Rose 2014

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    Wine review by Mr Dolce


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