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La Minuette in its new bottle shows great freshness and subtle notes of grapefruit. This blended rosé comes from the limestone terroir of La Livinière. 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, where wines are rooted in tradition and made in the spirit of today.
Vintage
2020
Grape Variety
60% Mourvèdre, 15% Syrah, 15% Grenache, 10% Cinsault
Tasting notes
A fresh floral and raspberry nose.
Organic & vegan wine
Certified organic wine and vegan friendly
Press and Awards
Decanter - 01 Jan 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)
17/20 - Jancis Robinson - July 2020 "(...) ineffably elegant. Long and glittering, in a subtle quarried-quartz kind of way, with minerality and fine crystals of acidity. Has a strange inner luminousness. A wine that shrugs away if you try to search for flavours, but pulls you toward when you lean in to sense it." (TC)
89 pts - Wine spectator - Nov. 2019 - "An open-knit rosé, offering lots of freshness to the melon and white raspberry flavors that are nicely spiced and accented by floral, salty mineral and white peach details. Mouthwatering finish. Mourvèdre, Syrah and Grenache (...) (GS)
Tasting notes
A fresh, floral and raspberry nose with a good minerality making it a juicy, unctuous and very gourmand rosé.
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%
- Total acidity H2SO4 : 4.84 g/L
- pH : 3.12
- Level of sulphur : 78 mg/L
- Residual sugar : 6.01 g/L
