The Château de la Roche Bousseau of Loire Valley

Château de la Roche Bousseau
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 3585 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Château de la Roche Bousseau is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de la Roche Bousseau wines

Looking for the best Château de la Roche Bousseau wines in Loire Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de la Roche Bousseau wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château de la Roche Bousseau wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château de la Roche Bousseau

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de la Roche Bousseau

How Château de la Roche Bousseau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of salmon blanquette, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or chicken tenderloins with lemon cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château de la Roche Bousseau

On the nose the white wine of Château de la Roche Bousseau. often reveals types of flavors of tropical, melon or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château de la Roche Bousseau

  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château de la Roche Bousseau.

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Loire Valley

The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.

It's quite telling that this brief overview of the region's wines doesn't even mention the Loire Valley's two most famous wines - Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume. White wines are clearly the strong point of the Loire Valley and represent the vast majority of production. A significant proportion of these are produced under PGI appellations, most commonly the IGP Loire (formerly Vin de Pays du Jardin de la France), which covers the whole region. The main white Grape varieties used for the production of white wines in the Loire Valley are Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Melon de Bourgogne and, more popular than the traditional, Chardonnay.

The top red wines of Château de la Roche Bousseau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de la Roche Bousseau

How Château de la Roche Bousseau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of marinated shoulder of lamb, zucchini and goat cheese quiche or savoyard pizza (cream base).

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château de la Roche Bousseau.

  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

The top pink wines of Château de la Roche Bousseau

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château de la Roche Bousseau

How Château de la Roche Bousseau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed peppers, peasant minestrone or my grandmother's rabbit stew.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château de la Roche Bousseau

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château de la Roche Bousseau.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Grolleau

The word of the wine: Passerillage

Concentration of the grape by drying out, under the influence of wind or sun, as opposed to botrytisation, which is the concentration obtained by the development of the "noble rot" for which Botrytis cinerea is responsible. The word is mainly used for sweet wines.

The top sparkling wines of Château de la Roche Bousseau

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château de la Roche Bousseau

How Château de la Roche Bousseau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of flemish carbonnade, salmon and goat cheese quiche or paella for dummies (simple and delicious).

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Château de la Roche Bousseau.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

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Planning a wine route in the of Loire Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château de la Roche Bousseau.

Discover the grape variety: Grolleau

Grolleau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches of grapes of medium size. Grolleau noir can be found in several vineyards: Loire Valley, South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon.