Winemaker Notes
The appearance is clear and bright, with a pale hue and pearly highlights. The nose is expressive, elegant, and complex, opening with aromas of exotic fruits and floral notes.
On the palate, it is generous and aromatic, distinguished by a saline minerality. The attack is lively, driven by fine tension, leading to a long, well-balanced finish.
Château Minuty 281 can be beautifully paired with flavorsome dishes, premium shellfish whether it be served simply like roasted lobster, rock lobster in banana leaf or cooked in a scallop risotto. Spicy dishes like Peking duck for its sweet and sour flavor, beef curry for its fragrant spices or delicious yakitori grilled with its sweet sauce. Summery salads served with
lobster, avocado and grapefruit quarters. Sophisticated berry desserts.
Blend: 85% Grenache, 15% Syrah
Whether it’s playful and fun or savory and serious, most rosé today is not your grandmother’s White Zinfandel, though that category remains strong. Pink wine has recently become quite trendy, and this time around it’s commonly quite dry. Since the pigment in red wines comes from keeping fermenting juice in contact with the grape skins for an extended period, it follows that a pink wine can be made using just a brief period of skin contact—usually just a couple of days. The resulting color depends on grape variety and winemaking style, ranging from pale salmon to deep magenta.
Cotes de Provence is an extensive but valuable appellation that includes vineyards bordering the main Provencal appellations. Its sites vary from subalpine hills, which receive the cooling effects of the mountains to the north, to the coastal St-Tropez, a region mainly influenced by the warm Mediterranean sunshine.
Here the focus is on quality rosé, as it defines four fifths of the region’s wines. Following in the rosé footsteps, a lot of new effort is going into the region’s red production as well. A new generation has turned its focus on high quality Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault and Carignan. Cotes de Provence white wines, which represent a miniscule part of the region as far as volume, are nonetheless worthy of consideration and can include any combination of Clairette, Semillon, Ugni Blanc and Vermentino.