Chinon - Fortress & Cabernet Franc

How to Complete

4 steps to experience this fully

1. 🍷 1

   Climb to the Royal Fortress for vineyard panoramas

   wine $$

   Where Joan of Arc recognized the disguised Dauphin - now overlooking 2,300 hectares of vines

   Where Joan of Arc recognized the disguised Dauphin - now overlooking 2,300 hectares of vines

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2. 🍷 2

   Taste Chinon rouge in a tuffeau cave cellar

   wine $$

   Peppery, violet-scented Cabernet Franc - the quintessential Loire red

   Peppery, violet-scented Cabernet Franc - the quintessential Loire red

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3. 🍷 3

   Pair Chinon with rillettes de Tours at a local bistro

   wine $$

   The classic pairing: peppery wine cuts through rich pork - Rabelaisian pleasure

   The classic pairing: peppery wine cuts through rich pork - Rabelaisian pleasure

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4. 🍷 4

   Visit the Rabelais museum at La Devinière (his birthplace)

   Optional

   wine $$

   Optional literary pilgrimage: 4 km from Chinon, the house where satire and wine merged

   Optional literary pilgrimage: 4 km from Chinon, the house where satire and wine merged

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