Château de Thésée
AOP Touraine Chenonceaux Wine
Our organic Touraine Chenonceaux Sauvignon Blanc, to order online.
Touraine Chenonceaux
A demanding Touraine denomination, along the Cher.
Recognised in 2011, Touraine Chenonceaux is one of the five denominations of the Touraine appellation. Its production rules are stricter: the whites are 100% Sauvignon, while the reds blend Côt and Cabernet Franc. Château de Thésée grows its vines on the south-facing hillsides of the Cher.
- denomination recognised
- 2011
- Sauvignon Blanc
- 100%
- of hillside vines
- 13 ha
- organic farming · HVE
- Organic
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The terroir
Siliceous sands over limestone
The terroirs of Château de Thésée are highly characteristic of the Touraine Chenonceaux appellation: poor soils over limestone bedrock, the remnant of a sea that covered the region 90 million years ago.
The Château de Thésée harvest comes from a very fine siliceous terroir, which allows the Sauvignon to express a highly refined mineral character.
The Cher valley
Eight centuries of vines on the same hillside
The monks of Pontlevoy abbey were already farming the hillside in the 12th century; the site’s winegrowing vocation is attested in 1245. Today, thirteen hectares of vines, bordered by great forests, produce some of the earliest-ripening grapes in the Cher valley.
Page updated on 11 October 2026