2025 Les Cabotines Touraine Rosé, Domaine Joël Delaunay

• Style: Pale salmon, dry rosé
• Taste: Red berries, floral brightness, subtle pepper and mineral spine
• Food: Grilled fish, charcuterie, salads, shellfish, aperitif
• Occasion: Summer drinking, weeknight, casual to proper dinner
• Serve: Chilled; 12.5% ABV, screwcap

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Pale salmon in colour, this rosé opens with red-berry and floral brightness that invites you straight in. The palate stays energetic and dry, with a gentle pepper kick and enough acidity to cut through without demanding attention. The 2025 vintage benefited from a temperate growing season; cool fermentation at 14°C over three weeks has locked in natural snap and mineral spine from the clay and flint soils.

The Winery — Domaine Joël Delaunay

A fifth-generation family estate in the heart of Touraine, near Château de Chenonceau. Thierry Delaunay, the current owner, pioneered screwcap bottling in 2004—a decision that keeps wines like this fresh and approachable. The blend marries 70% Gamay (red-fruit generosity and silky texture) with 30% Pineau d'Aunis (an underrated Loire historic variety that adds structure and peppery depth). Sustainable viticulture and grass-planted rows between the vines sit quietly behind the glass.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

At 12.5% alcohol and just 3g/L residual sugar, this wine is genuinely dry—no sweetness to mask character. Pair it with grilled salmon, lobster, summer salads with goat's cheese, or warm-weather charcuterie boards. It also makes an excellent aperitif on its own. Vegan-friendly and sealed under screwcap for reliable freshness, this rosé works equally well at a casual lunch as at a proper dinner. If you're exploring the breadth of what France's Loire Valley offers across red, white, and pink, this sits alongside the rest of our Gamay selection as an accessible entry point to serious Loire wine.