Château La Roque Pic Saint Loup Rosé
Pink wine
In the mouth this pink wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, appetizers and snacks or lean fish.
Taste structure of the Pic Saint Loup Rosé from the Château La Roque
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Dry
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In the mouth the Pic Saint Loup Rosé of Château La Roque in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a with a nice freshness.
Food and wine pairings with Pic Saint Loup Rosé
Pairings that work perfectly with Pic Saint Loup Rosé
Original food and wine pairings with Pic Saint Loup Rosé
The Pic Saint Loup Rosé of Château La Roque matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of macaroni and cheese, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or beet and goat aperitif verrines.
Details and technical informations about Château La Roque's Pic Saint Loup Rosé.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Pic Saint Loup Rosé from Château La Roque are 2017, 2018
Informations about the Château La Roque
The Château La Roque is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Pic-Saint-Loup to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pic-Saint-Loup
The wine region of Pic-Saint-Loup is located in the region of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup or the Domaine de Villeneuve produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pic-Saint-Loup are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pic-Saint-Loup often reveals types of flavors of earth, straw or apricot and sometimes also flavors of peach, dark chocolate or anise.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
France/languedoc-roussillon/languedoc">Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
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Said of a wine that is open and delivers itself immediately, and whose clarity excludes any defect.
