The Touraine appellation extends over a very vast territory in the departments of Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher. Consequently, its geology is quite varied but representative of the vineyards of the Loire Valley: white tuffeau soils from the Turonian era and sands and clays with flint from the Senonian era. The AOP Touraine is not yet a century old, but that will come quickly. It was indeed in 1939 that the appellation “Coteaux de Touraine” was born, which would become the AOC\/AOP Touraine that we know today. Another point worth knowing: the AOC Touraine is subdivided into five geographical denominations. Like “sub-appellations” but not to be seen as “second-league” cines, all the opposite! These are Touraine-Amboise, Touraine Azay-le-Rideau, Touraine-Chenonceaux, Touraine-Mesland and Touraine-Oisly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Touraine AOC (or AOP) produces wines in a very wide range of styles and colors: white wines, red wines, ros\u00e9 wines and sparkling wines! 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