Domaine Les Pins is in its fifth generation of family leadership under Philippe Pitault-Landry and consists of 29 hectares, planted exclusively to Cabernet Franc in Bourgueil and St. Nicolas de Bourgueil. Both appellations sit on the northern bank of the Loire River, with Bourgueil being directly across the river from the other great Cabernet Franc appellation, Chinon. St. Nicolas de Bourgueil is smaller appellation carved out of the north-western part of Bourgueil. The vineyards of Bourgueil are planted on a tuffeau (a type of limestone), gravel and sand plateau along the banks of the Loire river. The vines of St. Nicolas are planted further inland on lighter, alluvial soils with more sand than gravel.