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‘La Minuette’ blended rosé comes from La Livinière limestone terroir. Its pale colour and floral bouquet represent the ‘Minuette’ variety of rose planted in Kenya by Tim Ford in 1982, during his 25 years of rose production in Africa. A nod to both the past and the future, ‘La Minuette’ exemplifies estate values of tradition and modernity.
Vintage
2023
Grape Variety
60% Mourvèdre, 15% Syrah, 15% Grenache, 10% Cinsault
Tasting notes
A lychee-tinged colour evokes a very Provençal style.
Organic & vegan wine
Certified organic wine and vegan friendly
Press and Awards
16.5/20 - Jancis Robinson - 30 August 2023 "Pale, elegant, classy. Tingling with life, a spine of cuttlefish-skeleton minerality and texture, and white-peach fruit. Full-bodied acidity etched with sweet citrus.”
16.5/20 - Jancis Robinson - 28 June 2022 "(...) Once again, Gayda has made a rosé that walks a high-wire act between flavour and acidity that few achieve. It has a summer-dawn rose-garden perfume, petals drenched with dew, and the smell of wet grass pressed under bare feet. It tastes of salted doughnut peaches, white-peach skin, ground cumin, blood orange, rose hips and forest floor. But it's the acidity that I love: the way it moves, its 3-D linearity and curves, its slow wide wave through the palate but also its pixellated complexity – not something I often come across in rosé. Like a Matlab 3-D plot! There is also an imperceptible grip in the wine, teasing the finish back towards the start.(...)" (TC)
Decanter - 03 Feb 2021. "Fresh, floral and bursting with sweet strawberry touches. This has aromas of bright summer fruits on the nose followed by raspberry, strawberry, grapefruit and lime zest on the palate underpinned by subtle touches of stony minerality." (GH)
Tasting notes
A lychee-tinged colour evokes a very Provençal style. On the nose, finesse and elegance dominate, offering a refined aromatic bouquet. Notes of fresh grapefruit and tart raspberries blend harmoniously with vine peach, while cherry blossom adds a delicate floral touch. On the palate, the wine is gourmand, with flavours of strawberry and raspberry supported by fresh notes of clementine and bergamot zest. The texture is crisp and tangy, balanced by a light minerality on the finish.
Vinification process
One part hand picked in crates and the other part by harvesting machine - Direct pressing - Sulphur-free vinification between 14°C to 18°C
Vineyards
Mourvèdre : La Livinière, Syrah : La Livinière, Grenache : La Livinière, Cinsault : La Livinière
Ageing
Blending – On fine lees for 3 months – Bottling
Further information
- Alcohol : 12.5%
- Total acidity H2SO4 : 4.47 g/L
- pH : 3.24
- Level of sulphur : 60 mg/L
- Residual sugar : 1.44 g/L
