Le Rocher des Violettes - Touraine Côt 2021

Name: Le Rocher des Violettes - Touraine Côt 2021
Brand: Domaine Le Rocher des Violettes
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)

Touraine|Red wine|Organic

Loire

Red

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Drink or Keep

4/5 (5 customers)

1*Étoile

Hachette

90/100

RVF

(2020 vintage notes)

spicy

silky

ripe fruit

"A beautiful, seductive Touraine with a strong sense of identity!

Made from 100% Côt or Malbec grapes, this red offers a nose of violets and cooked fruit, followed by a rich palate with silky tannins. Ideal with red meats and grilled meats...

Features

Estate

Domaine Le Rocher des Violettes

Cuvée

Côt (ex Côt Vieilles Vignes)

Vintage

2021

Designation

Touraine

Region

Loire

Grape varieties

Côt (Malbec), vignes de 5 à 129 ans

Terroirs

Clay-limestone soils, on the Chesnay, Bel-Air, La Rochère, Le Grand Poirier and Les Borderies plots.

Viticulture

Certified organic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

2/3 whole bunches and 1/3 destemmed, 3-week maceration

Breeding

12 months in 500L tuns and barrels

Alcohol content

13%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Attractive, deep cherry-red color

Nose

On notes of violet and cooked fruit, with a hint of tobacco

Mouth

Rich, with silky tannins and a fresh finish.

Serve

AT 17°C

Open

Decant 1 hour before use

Drink before

2030

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with pan-fried chanterelle mushrooms, rib steak, a bowl of ramen...

Domaine Le Rocher des Violettes

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (guide 2025) 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as a benchmark in its sector)

About the domain :

Xavier Weisskopf farms 9 hectares in Montlouis and 4 in the Touraine appellation. His terroirs are planted with old vines resulting from massal selection, which favors high-flying cuvées. The whites impress with their purity, in an appellation with no shortage of talent. An elite winemaker, one of the best addresses in the area.

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated wine (guide 2023) 1*Star (Vintage 2020) (Very successful wine)

Domaine noté (guide 2025) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

Originally from the Oise region, Xavier Weisskopf set up his own winery (17 ha, organic) in 2005. Nothing had prepared him for this profession, but his studies in Chablis introduced him to the world of wine, which led him to the "Viti" in Beaune, then to Gigondas and finally to the banks of the Loire.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated wine (guide 2023) 90/100 (Vintage 2020)

Domaine rated (guide 2025) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winemakers with good production levels, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)

About the domain :

Clémence and Xavier Weisskopf set up their vineyard in 2005 with very little money and a cellar made of odds and ends. In recent years, they have become one of Montlouis-Sur-Loire's leading names. The 17 hectares spread between Montlouis and Touraine are cultivated at Organic: Touche Mitaine (flinty clay), Les Borderies (clay-limestone, 40-year-old vines), Le Grand Poirier (clay-sandstone, 67-year-old vines)... A myriad of terroirs has been isolated in bottle, in whites aiming for aromatic nuance, delicacy, and expression with the integrity of dry Chenin or with residual sugar, depending on the mood of the vintage. The reds still have room for improvement.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4/5

out of 5 reviews

Note and review by M. GILLES D. Published on 22/02/2024

This is an intriguing, seductive 100% Malbec from the Loire Valley, delicately crafted and matured, with the fresh structure of the vintage and a lovely, concentrated fruitiness. The firm, velvety tannins melt into a supple, intensely perfumed texture of lightly extracted red fruit, enveloped by a touch of woodiness with a delicately bitter finish. We can wait for the tannins to settle before enjoying this young Touraine with a forest rib steak. Score = 4.