Winery Le Rocher des ViolettesCôt Vieilles Vignes Touraine
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Côt Vieilles Vignes Touraine of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of earthy, blackberry or minerality and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, pepper or non oak.
Food and wine pairings with Côt Vieilles Vignes Touraine
Pairings that work perfectly with Côt Vieilles Vignes Touraine
Original food and wine pairings with Côt Vieilles Vignes Touraine
The Côt Vieilles Vignes Touraine of Winery Le Rocher des Violettes matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef with cider, chicken pie or pasta gratin with comté cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Le Rocher des Violettes's Côt Vieilles Vignes Touraine.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Côt Vieilles Vignes Touraine from Winery Le Rocher des Violettes are 2015, 2018, 2017, 2014 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Le Rocher des Violettes
The Winery Le Rocher des Violettes is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine
The wine region of Touraine is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Famille Bougrier or the Domaine Joel Delaunay produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine are Cabernet franc, Gamay noir and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tar or kiwi and sometimes also flavors of lime zest, lychee or asparagus.
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: Disgorging (champagne)
This is the evacuation of the deposit formed by the yeasts during the second fermentation in the bottle, by opening the bottle. The missing volume is completed with the liqueur de dosage - a mixture of wine and cane sugar - before the final cork is placed. For some years now, some producers have been replacing this sugar with rectified concentrated musts (concentrated grape juice) which give excellent results. A too recent dosage (less than three months) harms the gustatory harmony of the champagne.
