Appellation · AOC · Touraine
Chinon
An appellation of the Loire Valley, in the Touraine. Its specification allows white, red and rosé wines.
- White
- Red
- Rosé
6,600 hadelimited areaRounded area of the shape drawn on the map: the area delimited by the INAO, which is not entirely planted.
- Anché
- Avoine
- Avon-les-Roches
- Beaumont-en-Véron
- Brizay
- Candes-Saint-Martin
- Chinon
- Cinais
- Couziers
- Cravant-les-Côteaux
- Crouzilles
- Huismes
- Île-Bouchard
- Lerné
- Ligré
- Panzoult
- Rivière
- Roche-Clermault
- Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt
- Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne
- Savigny-en-Véron
- Sazilly
- Seuilly
- Tavant
- Theneuil
- Thizay
Authorised grape varieties
Reds and rosés
+ as secondary grapes: cabernet-sauvignon
Whites
According to the INAO specification · Read ↗
The climate, today and around 2050
Spring, average temperature
11 °C→ 12.4 °C
Summer, average temperature
19.4 °C→ 21.7 °C
Days at 35 °C or more, per year
0.8→ 4.8
Average of the 26 communes. “Around 2050”: median value of the models for warming of +2.7 °C in France, the reference trajectory (TRACC). Source: Météo-France, Climadiag Commune.
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Official sources
Specification of the Chinon AOCINAO · PDF · the official rulesOfficialChinon, from its appellation bodySyndicat des vins de Chinon · official websiteOfficialLinks checked on 07/10/2026 · No commercial or affiliate links ·
Around Chinon
- Bourgueil15 km
- Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil18 km
- Saumur-Champigny23 km
- Coteaux de Saumur29 km
- Saumur41 km
- Touraine Noble Joué42 km