Grolleau traces its historical roots to Touraine and the historic Poitou province, where it has been documented since the early 19th century. Its name is believed to derive from “grolle”, an archaic French term for crow, in reference to the lustrous blue-black color of its ripe grape clusters. Its natural color mutation, Grolleau Gris, produces pale pink berries endowed with charming floral aromatics.<\/p>\n
Vigorous and naturally high-yielding, Grolleau has long served as a vital building block for Loire Valley ros\u00e9s\u2014most famously in Ros\u00e9 d’Anjou and Touraine Azay-le-Rideau\u2014as well as in traditional sparkling blends like Cr\u00e9mant de Loire, where its lively acidity lends freshness and delicate effervescence.<\/p>\n
Enthusiastically reclaimed by contemporary natural winemakers, Grolleau has found a glorious new identity as a standalone single-varietal red (often bottled under the Vin de France designation). Crafted through carbonic or semi-carbonic maceration, it yields an irresistibly juicy, low-alcohol wine packed with fresh red currants, wild raspberries, and gentle floral spices\u2014the consummate convivial bistro wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Inseparable from the Anjou and Touraine vineyards, Grolleau (found in both noir and gris variations) is the cornerstone of refreshing, thirst-quenching, and festive Loire Valley wines. Long the foundation of tender ros\u00e9s and sparkling Cr\u00e9mants, Grolleau is now hailed as the ultimate glou-glou red grape, prized for its silky low tannins and radiant red berry flavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9323,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"rank_math_title":"Grolleau Grape Variety: Fresh Red & Ros\u00e9 Wines of the Loire","rank_math_description":"Discover Grolleau Noir & Gris in the Loire Valley. Crisp red berry fruit, joyful thirst-quenching drinkability, and vibrant natural wines from Anjou to Touraine.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"grolleau grape","iawp_total_views":1},"appellations":[201,210,188,218,229,285],"aromes":[387,383,406,381,376,404],"cepage":[499],"type_vin":[118,119,114],"class_list":["post-9318","grapes","type-grapes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","appellations-anjou","appellations-cremant-de-loire","appellations-touraine","appellations-touraine-azay-le-rideau","appellations-val-de-loire","appellations-vin-de-france","aromes-violet","aromes-black-pepper","aromes-currant","aromes-raspberry","aromes-peach","aromes-strawberry","cepage-grolleau","type_vin-red-wine","type_vin-rose-wine","type_vin-sparkling-wine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grapes\/9318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grapes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/grapes"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"appellations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/appellations?post=9318"},{"taxonomy":"aromes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aromes?post=9318"},{"taxonomy":"cepage","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cepage?post=9318"},{"taxonomy":"type_vin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_vin?post=9318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}