Tasting notes:

One of the highest-scoring wines of this year’s competition, this top-endexpression from Château Minuty – called 281 after the Pantone number for theblue on the bottle – uses a prized plot of old-vine Grenache, complemented bya touch of Rolle and Syrah. The combination yields a wine with depth,featuring lovely peachy notes, along with white cherry and wild strawberry,complemented by some zesty grapefruit and delicate, white pepper-likespice. A bone-dry, persistent and intense rosé with plenty of flavour, butdelicacy and elegance too. (Patrick Schmitt MW)