Chateau Minuty M De Minuty Cotes De Provence Rose 2019 (750ml)

 

Chateau Minuty

 

The M Range

 

The Pleasure Wines

 

Iconic figures of Provence, these wines are elaborated in true Minuty style, combining freshness with great fruit extract and intense flavors.   The M range is perfect to share with friends or family.  Modern, pleasurable wines, ideal for extending that holiday feeling.

 

Chateau Minuty M De Minuty

 

Cotes De Provence Rose 2019

 

AOP Cotes De Provence

 

Blend:  50% Grenache, 30% Cinsault and 20% Syrah

 

Robe (Colour):  Light and bright.

Nose:  Eager and intense with orange peel and red current aromas.

Palate:  Smooth with a nice acidulous freshness.

 

Food & Wine Pairings

 

Pistou soup, raw vegetables, grilled meat, prawn skewers, apricot pie.

 

Winemaker Notes

 

M de Minuty is the quintessential Cotes de Provence Rose, a style that Chateau Minuty defined, and is the reason behind their success as the world’s top producer of premium rosé.  Fresh, lively and perfectly balanced, fantastic quality, a glass in hand transports you to the seaside and the French riviera lifestyle, watching the sea and the sky, surrounding yourself with friends and family, and enjoying life to the fullest.

 

Vinification

 

Direct pressing, rigorous settling and low temperature fermentation.

 

Soil & Climate

 

Sourced from a rigorous selection of the best “Côtes de Provence” vineyards.

 

Minuty Savoir-Faire

 

Château Minuty is one of the foremost winemakers in the Côtes de Provence region, producing high quality rosé wines.

The combination of an historical savoir-faire and advanced technology ensures the wine’s continued quality.

 

Minuty wines begin with the vines in a protected environment

 

Minuty puts a great importance on enriching its soil through the use of natural manure, rich in organic matter, originating from local goats and sheep.  Working the soil allows the micro-organisms present in the earth to breathe, enables better penetration of rain water and facilitates root submersion from the early years of growth, allowing the necessary nutrients and water from the sub-soil to be procured.  The vines are harvested in an ecologically sustainable environment without weed killers or pesticides.  A Protected Woodland Area surrounds the vineyards, guaranteeing a unique and high quality ecosystem.

 

Vinification and aging:  Scrupulously respecting the terroir and the vinification process

 

Château Minuty is one of the last estates in the Côtes de Provence region whose harvest is entirely hand picked, ensuring that the grapes arrive at the cellars in perfect condition, thus limiting the extraction of plant matter in the must.

 

The grapes arrive intact before going to the de-stemmer to remove their stalks.  After a gentle crushing, the grapes are immediately cooled to a very low temperature and inert gases are injected to prevent oxidation, an occurrence that could cause an irreversible loss of flavor and structure.  Juices then go through cutting-edge pneumatic presses where they are first carefully drained, then pressed at low pressure allowing their full expression to be extracted.

 

After a long, low temperature fermentation enabling the wine to reach its full aromatic potential and finesse, it is racked then gradually decanted over winter.

 

Next the blending period begins in which the characteristics of the vintage and the varietals are paired together to produce Minuty’s various wines.

 

In an ever-greater concern for precision and quality improvement, our vinification is becoming more and more parcel based.  Combining the expression of our terroir with the know-how of our winery is our ongoing goal.

 

Minuty’s signature character is found in every bottle produced, thanks to a bottling line equipped with cutting-edge technology that safeguards our wine in the best way possible from oxidation.

 

Even though rosé wines represent 85% of our production, the reds are not by any means forgotten.  After parcel selection and a green harvest, our red wines undergo long barrel aging for one year.  During this time tannins will soften, structural properties will intensify and finesse will develop.  The choice of wood origin and toasting intensity will give our cuvees a particular expression and character.

 

 

Chateau Minuty

 

Belonging to the Matton-Farnet family for 80 years, Château Minuty is a family run wine estate located in southern France’s Provence region, overlooking the Saint-Tropez peninsula.

 

Today Jean-Etienne and François Matton have taken over Minuty, pushing the estate even further forward.  They have left their mark by continuing to restructure the vineyard, replacing the Carignan and Ungi Blanc varietals with Grenache and Rolle and by streamlining the winery equipment to create a modern, state of the art facility.

 

Under their leadership, the reputation of Minuty’s wines has expanded greatly throughout France and around the world with a presence in over 75 countries.

 

Minuty S.A.

 

A Private Distribution Company

 

Anticipating the growing demand for Provence Rosés, in 1995 the Matton family created Minuty S.A., which aims to effectively market its Estate wines as well as wines made under the Minuty name from sourced merchant vineyards.

 

Sourced from the finest terroirs found under the “Côtes de Provence” classification, the wines marketed under the Minuty S.A. label originate entirely from winemakers selected for their vineyard’s quality and terroir.

 

In order to ensure that these partners coincide perfectly with Minuty’s style, each of them meticulously respect strict specifications put in place by François and Jean-Etienne Matton.

 

The wines found in the M and Prestige range take full advantage of the Matton family’s expertise acquired over three generations, to produce these truly iconic Côte de Provence Rosés.