Breton: “Breton” (or plant breton) is the name given to cabernet franc in the Loire Valley. Some would like this name to be that of Abbé Breton, administrator at Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil (on the lands of Cardinal de Richelieu) who in the XNUMXth century planted the first cabernet franc plant in the region. However, Rabelais in the XNUMXth century in a quotation already mentioned this "good Breton wine" from the "country of Vernon", today Chinon....
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