Winery Foucher LebrunLes Merles Rosé d'Anjou
Pink wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Grillo and the Gamay noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with Les Merles Rosé d'Anjou
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Merles Rosé d'Anjou
Original food and wine pairings with Les Merles Rosé d'Anjou
The Les Merles Rosé d'Anjou of Winery Foucher Lebrun matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of savoyard matafans, magic cake cheese quiche or venison stew to be prepared the day before.
Details and technical informations about Winery Foucher Lebrun's Les Merles Rosé d'Anjou.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Merles Rosé d'Anjou from Winery Foucher Lebrun are 2013, 2010, 2017, 2016 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Foucher Lebrun
The Winery Foucher Lebrun is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 64 wines for sale in the of Rosé d'Anjou to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Rosé d'Anjou
The wine region of Rosé d'Anjou is located in the region of Anjou of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Drouet Fréres or the Domaine André Vinet produce mainly wines pink, sweet and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rosé d'Anjou are Cabernet franc, Grolleau and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rosé d'Anjou often reveals types of flavors of apples, cantaloupe or menthol and sometimes also flavors of floral, tropical fruit or butter.
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.
The word of the wine: Extraction
All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.
