Area : 17 ares The Pineau d'Aunis, or chenin noir, is a really old grape variety. The firsts farmings go back to the IXth century. It owns its name after the priory of Aunis, at Dampierre, next to Saumur in Anjou. Before being almost extinct, it was one of the most popular grape variety of the Vallée de la Loire.…

Area  : 13 ha 90 The Chenin Blanc comes from the Loire Valley, probably the region of Anjou, and is more commonly known as Pineau de la Loire. It might have been cultivated by the monks of Saint-Maur Abbey, between Angers and Saumur, in the IVth century. It's a popular grape variety in the Vallée de la Loire. A variety…

Area : 40 ares The Sauvignon Blanc is mostly established in the Bordelais and the Val de Loire. However, it's also very used in New Zealand, where it comes out to produce different wines. It specially develops blackcurrant, box tree and citrus fruits aromas. The white wines of Loire have a taste of flowers, white citrus fruits and blackcurrant. The…

Area : 1ha 55 This variety is probably a native of the Touraine and it's not very old because its was seen the first time in 1810 in Charente. It's only cultivated in France and mostly unknown out of borders. The Grolleau Noir is exclusively plant on the edges of the Loire, between Tours and Angers. Its name comes from…

Area : 2ha 60 This variety take its origine in the Bordeaux area and its the second grape variety the most planted in the world after Le Merlot. The Cabernet Sauvignon is from the combination of the Cabernet Franc and the Sauvignon Blanc at the XVIIth century. France is the 1st worldwide producer of the Cabernet Sauvignon and its export…

Area : 4ha50 The Cabernet Franc is one of the most oldest grape varieties grown in Gironde, since the Ist century before J.C. This red grape variety is mainly in the Bordelais and the Vallée de la Loire. It would have been implanted at the beginning of the XVIIth century in Vallée de la Loire by the abbot Breton, the…