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Touraine-Amboise is a French AOC (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée or quality-controlled designation of origin) wine from the Loire Valey vineyards, situated within the wider Touraine wine-growing area. It i produced by ten communes bordering both sides of the River Loire. To their west lies the town of Amboise with its famous royal château. Since its separation from the Touraine AOC in 1954, it has constituted an AOC in its own right. Annual production stands at 9,000 hectolitres of wine, spread between red, rosé, and still white wines. Effervescent wines are also produced within this AOC's boundaries, but they are not entitled to use the Touraine-Amboise appellation,belonging instead to the Touraine appellation[1].
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Wine region | |
Type | wine region |
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Year established | 1936 |
Country | France |
Climate region | oceanic and continental |
Soil conditions | containing carbonates on tuffeau on the higher slopes, or siliceous and fairly heavy on sands and gravels mixed with clay |
Size of planted vineyards | 220 ha |
Grapes produced | red: cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, côt and gamaycé; white: chenin |
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