This has wonderful freshness on the nose, just subtly underpinned by oak, which gives shape and length. Bright redcurrant, wild strawberry and violet flavours are supported by deep, driving acidity, then a long, mineral finish.
92 points, Matt Walls, Decanter (Sep 2025)
Château de Manissy’s Tavel Rosé “Tête de Cuvée” bottling has been their flagship bottling since the estate’s first vintage in 1915. Nothing has changed for this wine, including the label! It is crafted from a blend of grenache, clairette and cinsault, with the wine undergoing malolactic or not depending on how the indigenous yeasts work in a given vintage. The wine is aged in old, twenty-five hectoliter foudres for nine to twelve months prior to bottling. The wine is not quite as deep salmon in color as their Cuvée Les Lys bottling and offers up a beautifully refined bouquet of rhubarb, watermelon, blood orange, a lovely base of soil tones, gentle savory notes, dried rose petals and a touch of orange peel in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, pure and full-bodied, with lovely acids, excellent focus and grip, a succulent core and a long, complex and impeccably balanced finish. This is a Tavel Rosé with lovely structure and it will age impressively.
92 points, John Gilman, View From The Cellar (Apr 2026)
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