Geography
The town of Chinon is situated on the banks of the river Vienne in Indre-et-Loire. The vinyards of the Chinon AOC cover the relatively steep banks of the Vienne as well as the less steep slopes running northward from the hills above Chinon to the Loire. The vineyards consist almost entirely of erosional scree and gravels on top of rather hard Turonian limestones. Toward the Loire itself the Turonian limestones give way to the Jurassic rock of the Loire.
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