Concept

Bourgueil

Summary
Bourgueil (buʁɡœj) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Bourgueil AOC Bourgueil is an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Loire Valley region, and produces primarily red wine from the grape variety Cabernet Franc. Bourgueil wine was mentioned in the works of François Rabelais. Bourgueil is served by the A85 autoroute, a nearby railway line and the cycling-route, Loire a vélo. Bourgueil was the birthplace of: Moses Amyraut (1596–1664), Protestant theologian and metaphysician Antoine Brutus Menier (1795–1853), chocolatier Jean Carmet (1920–1994), actor In Acadian Genealogy, Bourgueil is notable as the birthplace of Guillaume Trahan.
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