Touraine is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the Loire Valley wine region in France that produce dry white wines and red wines rich in tannins. The AOC status was awarded by a decree of December 24, 1939. The wine-growing area extends over 5,300 hectares across the départements of Indre-et-Loire, Indre and Loir-et-Cher. Touraine AOC comprises a total of 70 communes, it is thus a "subregional" appellation covering the same area as a number of smaller local AOCs.
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Touraine is an appellation in Loire, France. We track 57 of its wines in stock at 34 shops, from 12 wine houses, from € 9.50; mostly white, red.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Loire
- In our wines
- Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Gamay, Malbec, Pineau d'Aunis
- Styles
- White 37 · Red 14 · Rosé 2 · Fortified 1
- Prices
- from € 9.50 · median € 18.20 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +4.9 °C · 2,121 GDD · 26 % rain |
| 2025 | 10 | € 10.95 | € 15.79 | – | hotdry +2.1 °C · 1,730 GDD · 40 % rain |
| 2024 | 10 | € 10.68 | € 17.56 | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.3 °C · 1,346 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 2023 | 7 | € 11.90 | € 15.34 | – | hot +2.1 °C · 1,725 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2022 | 1 | € 24.00 | € 24.00 | – | hot +2.4 °C · 1,831 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2021 | 4 | € 16.00 | € 20.27 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,282 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2020 | 1 | € 84.28 | € 84.28 | – | hot +1.1 °C · 1,529 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2019 | 1 | € 26.69 | € 26.69 | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,511 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2018 | 1 | € 30.00 | € 30.00 | – | hotdry harvest +1.6 °C · 1,656 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,452 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,305 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,370 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.1 °C · 1,287 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,198 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,206 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,366 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,181 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,350 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,099 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,156 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | hotwet harvest +1.1 °C · 1,536 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,487 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,286 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.1 °C · 1,522 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.9 °C · 1,120 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,219 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,201 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,315 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,200 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,285 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.7 °C · 1,144 GDD · 64 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,362 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,287 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,094 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,330 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.1 °C · 1,357 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 1,591 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,538 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,201 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,228 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.0 °C · 1,200 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.2 °C · 1,068 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,050 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.0 °C · 1,136 GDD · 139 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,208 GDD · 118 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Touraine's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Domaine de l’Aumonier 3 · Xavier Frissant 2 · Domaine des Mazelles 2 · Domaine François Chidaine 2 · François Plouzeau 2 · Les Quatre Piliers 2 · 9134 Fournier Pere et Fils 1 · Domaine Villemaine 1 · Domaine Beauséjour 1 · Corbilli 1 · Thomas Frissant 1 · Domaine du Haut Perron 1