Yves and Marguerite du Petit Thouars,who took over the reins of the Château du Petit Thouars some thirty years ago, took up the challenge to plant new vines and produce wines as delicate and spirited as the Touraine region.

The vineyard is 100% Cabernet Franc, the typical variety of red wines from the Loire valley.Also known under the name "Briton", it produces thin-musked, blue-shaded black berries. Ripe grapes will give wines developing intense red fruit aromas.

We use two methods of harvesting: handpicking and mechanized harvesting. Mechanized harvesting offers several advantages. Quicker than handpicking, it makes it easier to select plots according to their ripeness and therefore allows for an optimized date of harvest. We used handpicking to harvest the plots selected for the special growths.