Mas Amiel, Natural Cinsault

Tasting Notes:

Quite a deep colour, with fresh ripe fruit on the nose. The palate is fresh and rounded and fragrant, with supple tannins, and the essential drinkability of Cinsault. The choice of Cinsault is unusual, given that relatively little is grown in Roussillon. And in the past, it has been used for rosé, whereas today it is increasingly recognised as a very suitable grape for red wine. I definitely feel that Cinsault is underrated for red wine, and in the right hands, it makes some deliciously perfumed wines, which are light and fragrant, and often at their best, slightly chilled making the perfect summer drinking.