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.
Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.
pink wines from the region of Rosé de Loire go well with generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of lamb with coconut milk, salmon with spinach and cream or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.
