2023 Ch Miraval Cotes de Provence Rose

Bottle weight 620 g. 40% Grenache, 30% Cinsault, 20% Rolle and 10% Syrah. The Cinsault, Grenache and Rolle gently pressed, saignée for the Syrah. Separate fermentation, 95% in stainless-steel tanks and 5% in oak barrels. Winemaker Pierre Perrin. RS 0.4 g/l. 482 stores. Lacks a little bit of interest compared with Mirabeau but still lots to enjoy in the latest iteration of Miraval rosé. Mineral and saline on the palate. Crisp acidity, bite of wild-strawberry fruit. (AWH)

Tasted blind. Full bottle 1,364 g. Super-pale, silvery pink. Not much nose and almost carefully neutral, although with a tinge of bitterness, like chewing on lemon pips. Very dry and very slightly spritzy acidity. Catwalk rosé. (TC)