O surprise, the Montlouis appellation rests on a limestone plateau, the famous “tuffeau de Touraine”, which is found almost systematically on the great Loire wine appellations. The soils are mainly clay with flint (called “perruches” in French) and alluvial sands: let’s not forget that the Montlouis vineyard is “stuck” between two “seas”, the river Loire to the north and the river Cher to the south.

The cultivation of the vine is an ancestral practice in Montlouis sur Loire: it dates back to the 5th century of our era! Another milestone in its history, the creation of the AOC Montlouis-sur-Loire in 1938. It marks a turning point for its winegrowers, since it marks the effective separation from its big sister Vouvray, located on the opposite bank of the Loire, and with which it previously shared the common appellation “Vins de Vouvray”.

Over the past twenty years, the AOC (AOP) Montlouis sur Loire has gained in reputation. And in a not usurped way: the result of the work of a new generation of winegrowers, like Jacky Blot from the Domaine de la Taille aux Loups or François Chidaine, from the eponymous domain. Other young(er) winegrowers followed.