What is the main rosé wine produced in the Loire Valley?!
What is the main rosé wine produced in the Loire Valley?
Answers:
Rosé d'Anjou is made in the area north and south of Angers (59 Maine-et-Loire, Val de Loire) and can be made from Grolleau, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, C?t (malbec), Gamay and Pineau d'Aunis. However it can be made as a dry or sweet wine, still or sparkling with secondary fermentation - useful!
Rosé de Loire on the otherhand can be made across a wide area of the Loire Valley including Anjou, Saumur and Touraine, grapes including Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay, Grolleau, Pineau d'Aunis and Pinot.However, it is specified as a still dry wine.
Cabernet d'Anjou is perhaps the most defined, coming from the area north and south of Angers and made only from Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon - and it is always a sweet still wine.
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Well, there's Rosé d.Anjou which is quite a sickly sweet rosé, made from the grolleau grape; or the more refined Cabernet d.Anjou from Cabernet Franc and sometimes Cabernet Sauvignon.