The village of Benais
Benais (882 inhabitants) has been built around it's church
and it's castle (12th century), and is surrounded by the A.O.C. Bourgueil
wineyards and forests. Formerly called Beniacus, the village was created
around 57 BC.
Forests cover the north of the village, and the wineyard is around it. In the valley, you will find some brooks, and south of the village, near the Tours-Angers road, lay some gallo-roman ruins. With all these different landscapes, Benais is a nice place to walk around in a natural environment.
The wines of Benais (appellation Bourgueil controlée), grow on a clay and limestone based ground, and thus are excellent fruity young wines. Once they have matured in the roc-caves of the region, they develop delicate aromas that will fit even the most hard to please wine-expert.
Forests cover the north of the village, and the wineyard is around it. In the valley, you will find some brooks, and south of the village, near the Tours-Angers road, lay some gallo-roman ruins. With all these different landscapes, Benais is a nice place to walk around in a natural environment.
The wines of Benais (appellation Bourgueil controlée), grow on a clay and limestone based ground, and thus are excellent fruity young wines. Once they have matured in the roc-caves of the region, they develop delicate aromas that will fit even the most hard to please wine-expert.
The
surroundings:
To learn more:
Tourist-info of the Bourgueil region
Wines of the Loire Valley (french only)
Loire Valley On-line
Tourism in Touraine
Benais is located in the Loire Valley, known for its fabulous
wines and castles. During your holidays at la Sourderie, you will be able
to visit such famous castles as Chenonceaux, Amboise, Cheverny, Villandry
and many more, as the Clos du Lucé, the small castle in Amboise where
Leonardo da Vinci spent his last years. The region is also nice for biking
and hiking, and you will never be far from the river Loire, the last savage
river of Europe, classified as world heritage by the Unesco...
To learn more:
Tourist-info of the Bourgueil region
Wines of the Loire Valley (french only)
Loire Valley On-line
Tourism in Touraine
