The Domaines Roche of Cahors of South West

Domaines Roche - Château Rochet Lamothe
The winery offers 52 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is ranked in the top 311 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West

The Domaines Roche is one of the best wineries to follow in Cahors.. It offers 52 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaines Roche wines

Looking for the best Domaines Roche wines in Cahors among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaines Roche 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 Domaines Roche wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Domaines Roche

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaines Roche

How Domaines Roche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of marinated shrimp skewers with garlic, curried veal roulades or franco-comtois beef.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaines Roche

On the nose the red wine of Domaines Roche. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaines Roche

  • 2018With an average score of 3.15/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.09/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.55/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaines Roche.

  • Malbec
  • Tannat
  • Merlot
  • Segalin
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Cahors

The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

The top white wines of Domaines Roche

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaines Roche

How Domaines Roche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of roast pork with milk, chicken waterzooi à la gantoise or indian chicken (simplified korma).

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaines Roche

  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaines Roche.

  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

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.

The top pink wines of Domaines Roche

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaines Roche

How Domaines Roche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of autumn beef bourguignon, yassa chicken (senegal) or matouille or hot tome des bauges (savoie).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Domaines Roche

  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaines Roche.

  • Malbec
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Yeast

Micro-organisms at the base of all fermentative processes. A wide variety of yeasts live and thrive naturally in the vineyard, provided that treatments do not destroy them. Unfortunately, their replacement by laboratory-selected yeasts is often the order of the day and contributes to the standardization of the wine. Yeasts are indeed involved in the development of certain aromas.

The top sweet wines of Domaines Roche

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Domaines Roche

How Domaines Roche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of home-made white pudding, vermicelli sautéed with peking duck or american style lobster tails, great chef style.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Domaines Roche.

  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Tannat

Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaines Roche

Planning a wine route in the of Cahors? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaines Roche.

Discover the grape variety: Segalin

Ségalin noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. Ségalin noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Domaines Roche and wines from the region

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Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

The word of the wine: Yeast

Micro-organisms at the base of all fermentative processes. A wide variety of yeasts live and thrive naturally in the vineyard, provided that treatments do not destroy them. Unfortunately, their replacement by laboratory-selected yeasts is often the order of the day and contributes to the standardization of the wine. Yeasts are indeed involved in the development of certain aromas.