With the 2024 Summer Olympic Games due to commence on 26 July, the drinks business has gathered 10 great bottles of French wine to celebrate the occasion. The bottles, taken from our Global Wine Masters competitions, includes classic varieties from France, stretching across the country from Champagne, Burgundy, Bordeaux, the Languedoc, Provence and the Rhône. CHÂTEAU MINUTY 281 2023 Producer: Château Minuty Region: Provence Grape varieties: 90% Grenache, 5% Rolle, 5% Syrah ABV: 12% Residual sugar: 0.51g/l Approx. retail price: £55 Medal: Master One of the highest-scoring wines of this year’s Global Rosé Masters competition, this top-end expression from Château Minuty – called 281 after the Pantone number for the blue on the bottle – uses a prized plot of old-vine Grenache, complemented by a 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-like spice. A bone-dry, persistent and intense rosé with plenty of flavour, but delicacy and elegance too. (Patrick Schmitt MW) CHÂTEAU VAL JOANIS ROUGE 2022 Producer: Chateau Val Joanis Region: Rhône Grape varieties: 65% Syrah, 30% Grenache, 5% Marselan ABV: 14.5% Approx. retail price: £11 Medal: Gold A lovely example of the value and quality available in southern Rhône reds from our Global Syrah Masters, with this relatively inexpensive wine rich in soft, ripe, red berry fruit, allied to notes of green olive, fresh plums and vanilla cream. Neither heavy nor
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