Rosé de Loire is a Dry rosé wine. It falls into the category of still wine. Rosé de Loire is produced in the vineyards of the Loire region, in the west of France and more precisely in the wine regions of Anjou-Saumur and Touraine. Administratively, Rosé de Loire can be produced in the departments of Maine-et-Loire, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne.
Its vineyards benefit from a temperate-oceanic and continental Climate and a Terroir made up of sandy, chalky tufa, clay-limestone, sandstone schist, granite and gravel soils. The Rosé de Loire wine can be made with the following main Grape varieties: Gamay N, Pinot N, Grolleau gris G, Grolleau N, Cabernet-Franc N, Cabernet-Sauvignon N.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
pink wines from the region of Rosé de Loire go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of delicious bourguignon, beef tagine with vegetables or cassoulet of the sea.
On the nose in the region of Rosé de Loire often reveals types of flavors of apples, strawberries or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth in the region of Rosé de Loire is a with a nice freshness.
