France · AOC
Chinon
Appellation
Chinon is an appellation in France, covering 6,781.7 ha across 26 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Cabernet Franc and Chenin. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
Touraine appellation, mainly red from Cabernet Franc, on gravel near the Vienne river and on limestone slopes inland.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin tranquille Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 6,781.7 ha Extent N–S × E–W 15.02 × 31.75 km Centre 47.1583° N, 0.3112° E Grapes Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin Max yield 69 hl/ha Min planting density 4,500 vines/ha INAO office Tours Where it is Nearest town around the town of Chinon Nearest city 40 km south-west of Tours 141,621 people To the sea 144 km Rivers nearby Vienne (1.2 km) · Loire (12 km) Same latitude Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 31–118 m Mean elevation 58 m Measured over the whole outline on 28,138 elevation cells of about 52 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules Red Cabernet Franc
max 67 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Rosé Cabernet Franc
max 67 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
White Chenin
max 69 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)47% Unconsolidated sediments40% Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)13% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 26 Anché Avoine Avon-Les-Roches Beaumont-En-Véron Brizay Candes-Saint-Martin Chinon Cinais Couziers Cravant-Les-Côteaux Crouzilles Huismes L'Île-Bouchard La Roche-Clermault Lerné Ligré Panzoult Rivière Saint-Benoît-La-Forêt Saint-Germain-Sur-Vienne Savigny-En-Véron Sazilly Seuilly Tavant Theneuil Thizay Wineries · 9 Domaine Bernard Baudry Domaine Brocourt Domaine Charles Joguet Domaine Philippe Alliet Domaine de Beauséjour Domaine de la Commanderie Domaine de la Dozonnerie Domaine de la Noblaie Vigneron Béatrice et Pascal Lambert From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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