The Winery Le Rocher des Violettes of Loire Valley

Winery Le Rocher des Violettes - Cabernet Franc Touraine
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 879 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley
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The Winery Le Rocher des Violettes is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Le Rocher des Violettes wines

Looking for the best Winery Le Rocher des Violettes wines in Loire Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Le Rocher des Violettes 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 Winery Le Rocher des Violettes wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

How Winery Le Rocher des Violettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cabri en colombo with creole sauce, quiche without eggs or vermicelli sautéed with peking duck.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

On the nose the red wine of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or minerality.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

  • 2007With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.66/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Gamay
  • Pinot Noir

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 white wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

How Winery Le Rocher des Violettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of roast pork with prunes, sophie's tuna cake or ham and comté quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

On the nose the white wine of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, grapefruit or yellow apple and sometimes also flavors of floral, spices or non oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.79/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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 sparkling wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

How Winery Le Rocher des Violettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of cantonese rice, whiting fillets with pepper cream or the coughing cat's apple crumble.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes. often reveals types of flavors of cream, chalk or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, tree fruit or oak.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes.

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Thinning

Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.

The top pink wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

How Winery Le Rocher des Violettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes.

  • Grolleau

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Le Rocher des Violettes

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 Winery Le Rocher des Violettes.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

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.

News about Winery Le Rocher des Violettes and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Thinning

Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.

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