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The History |
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Georges BONNIGAL, founded the wine-estate Domaine de la Prévôté in the very heart of the Touraine-Amboise wine region on the slopes dominating the Loire Valley in 1927. Then, in the fifties, his son Jacques, assisted by his wife Bernadette, took up the torch and expanded the estate that now includes in particular the "Vieux Palais", the ancient auditorium or hall of justice of the Royal Prévôté (XIV). Today, the brothers Serge and Pascal Bonnigal, assited by their family continue to develop this beautiful wine estate with the same passion and perseverance. Thus, several generations of authentic winegrowers succeeded and bequeathed from father to son the master art on which this tgraditional quest for quality is based. |
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The Vineyard |
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The Touraine area has had a predilection for wine culture for more than 2000 years now and offers a soft and harmonious countryside through which the Loire River flows majestically to the ocean. The vineyards of Domaine de la Prévôté brighten up on the slopes of the right bank of this Royal River. The vineyards represent today more then 60 hectares, situated in the villages Limeray, Cangey and Pocé sur Cisse. The grape varieties cultivated are : Cabernet Franc,Gamay, and Cot Malbec for the red and rosé wines and Sauvignon, Chenin and Chardonnay for the white wines. Therefore Serge and Pascal Bonnigal impose uponthemselves, methods of cultivating wine by respecting the environment and the soil and they use oenological principles that respect above all the consumers. |
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The Cellar |
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Domaine de la Prévôté offers you an exceptional site in a very old tufa-stone quarry in the very heart of the LIMERAY Village. Dug more than 600 years ago in the famous tufa-stone of the Touraine area the Domaine de la Prévôté cellars are a real sanctuary for wines. It's here that the different vintages are raised, with passion and stringency, respecting the specifications imposed by the "appellation d'origine controlée". The winemaking combines Traditional Know-How and modern oenological techniques. This is the way to verify and control rigorously the pressing of the wine, the assembly of the vintages and the bottling |
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