Cinsault
Cinsault
Domaine de La Bégude 2018 Cadet de La Bégude Rouge
Mourvedre and Grenache each account for thirty-five percent and Cinsault thirty percent. The dry red offers dark berry fruit, spice and a dense, juicy texture with a long finish. The grapes are grown organically without pesticides on the limestone-and-clay soils of Provence. Harvest is by hand, and the wine is raised in stainless steel to preserve its fruit.
Fauvette 2025 Côtes de Provence Rosé
Pale lychee in colour, this rosé offers white flowers and exotic fruit. The palate is fresh and generous, with a complex aromatic range, balance and minerality. Cinsault and Grenache form the blend. The wine comes from Provence under the Côtes de Provence appellation and is bottled at twelve and a half percent alcohol. It can accompany aperitifs, grilled dishes or white meat.
Dorrance 2023 Rosé
Wild berries and fresh white peach meet a touch of spice and summer-fruit flavours. The palate is soft, and the wine remains easy to drink. Cinsault comes from a single vineyard in the Paardeberg. The fruit was fermented in stainless steel, then remained on its lees. The wine is dry, with 12.5 percent alcohol, 2.0 grams per litre of residual sugar and 6.9 grams per litre of total acidity.
Kleinood 2020 De Herder Red Blend
Sour cherry, blackberry, wet gravel, thyme, black pepper, vanilla and cigar-box notes define the profile. The colour is medium ruby. The palate is medium-bodied, with round, velvety tannins, youthful freshness, sweet spice and a fruit-led finish. The blend contains sixty percent Shiraz, twenty-nine percent Cinsault and eleven percent Mourvèdre. It comes from Stellenbosch and carries 13.6 percent alcohol.
Pedro Parra y Familia 2015 Pencopolitano
Grapes from forty-five- to one-hundred-and-twenty-year-old vines include Cinsault, Carignan, Malbec, Syrah, Carmenere and Pais, drawn from Southern Chile’s Itata and Maule regions at two hundred fifty to three hundred fifty metres. Red granite, sandy and quartz soils underpin the sites. Each component is fermented with native yeast in stainless steel and cement before blending. Pitch, black raspberry, thorns and earthy character meet tight minerality, with cassis grip on the finish.
Natte Valleij 2021 Coastal Cinsault
Earthy wild strawberry, red fruit and dusty rose meet floral, potpourri and spicy freshness. The palate is medium-bodied and fleshy, with mineral tension and a soft finish. Cinsault comes from five dryland bush-vine parcels ranging from fourteen to fifty years old. The wine is wild fermented, matured in concrete eggs and foudres, bottled unfiltered and classified as vegan.
Domaine Wilfried 2019 L’Affable Côtes du Rhône
The blend brings together Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache Noir and Syrah. Grapes at the estate are harvested by hand and sorted, while fermentation uses native yeasts without oenological additions. Maturation takes place mainly in concrete vats. Depending on the release and cuvée, a light sulphur addition may follow malolactic fermentation or precede bottling. The vineyards are organically certified.
Gérard Bertrand 2024 Hampton Water Rosé
Pale pink in colour, the wine brings together red-fruit, citrus and spice notes with minerality, freshness and intensity. Grenache, Cinsault, Mourvèdre and Syrah are harvested separately. The fruit is destemmed, cooled and pressed, then fermented for fifteen to more than thirty days. A portion of the wine is handled in barrel before the final blend is assembled.
Domaine Duseigneur 2022 Yamakasi Rouge
Red fruit and herbs appear in a fresh, lively profile with supple tannins. Grenache, Syrah and Cinsault form the blend. Indigenous yeasts drive natural fermentation, and no sulphites are added. The wine is certified organic and made under France’s Vin Méthode Nature framework, with minimal cellar intervention. The finished wine is dry and carries thirteen and a half percent alcohol.
Intellego 2021 Kedungu
Hand-harvested Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Syrah and Pinotage were fermented separately, mostly under carbonic conditions, with some open-top semi-carbonic treatment. After eight days, the lots were pressed into neutral French barrels, aged for ten months, blended and bottled unfined and unfiltered with a small sulphur addition. Red and black berries, wild herbs, earth and black pepper appear with tart-fruit acidity and a long finish.
De Martino 2022 Ungrafted Cinsault
Fruit comes from ungrafted Cinsault vines more than forty years old in Guarilihue, Itata. No machinery is used in the vineyard. The grapes are destemmed and fermented in stainless steel, then aged for six months in neutral French barrels. Red fruit and savoury notes are present, with moderate acidity and freshness. The vines are farmed without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers or herbicides.
Tardieu-Laurent 2024 Tavel Vieilles Vignes
Rolled pebbles, red clay and sand define the vineyard soils. The blend is sixty percent Grenache, twenty-five percent Cinsault and fifteen percent Syrah from vines between forty and fifty years old. Maturation lasts six months in concrete tanks. The wine is bottled without fining and with light filtration. Its palate is chiselled, tighter and less full than usual.
Château Léoube 2022 Love by Léoube Côtes de Provence Rosé
Red berries, white peach and citrus accompany a pale pink colour. The texture is soft and smooth, with tangy acidity and a fine bite at the end. Grenache and Cinsault are harvested by hand and directly pressed. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation take place in stainless steel, and the wine clarifies naturally before bottling. The estate is certified organic.
Domaine de Rimauresq 2024 Côtes de Provence Cru Classé Rosé
White peach and citrus appear in this salmon-pink rosé. The palate is creamy, with citrus freshness. The blend comprises Grenache Noir, Cinsault, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Rolle, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan and Tibouren. The vineyard lies beneath the Maures Massif on schist and clay soils, and it is farmed organically. The wine contains twelve and a half percent alcohol.
French Door Estate Winery 2025 Rosé Okanagan Valley
The aromas include wild strawberry, cherry and rose petals. The palate has watermelon, redcurrant, bright fruit and crisp energy, with a clean, savoury finish. Grenache, Mourvèdre, Cinsault and Pinot Noir were direct-pressed and fermented separately in stainless steel at cool temperatures. The wine remained on gross lees for one month, was blended, and spent four months in tank before bottling.
Patrick Bouju 2019 Môl
Syrah, Carignan, Merlot, Cinsault, Muscat and Gamay make up this red blend. Organic fruit comes from Auvergne and Languedoc. Fermentation begins spontaneously in fibreglass, with the Syrah partly destemmed and the remaining grapes kept as whole clusters under naturally formed carbon dioxide. Maceration lasts ten days. Ageing lasts nine months in tank, and the wine is bottled without fining, filtration or additions.
Le Vieux Pin 2024 Désir Rosé
Very pale baby pink in colour, with strawberry sorbet, sour cherry, watermelon and violet. The Cinsault comes from Wahluke Slopes in Washington. After four hours on the skins, the juice was gently pressed. The wine spent five months in stainless steel. River stones, mandarin peel and fine spice are also present, together with a sleek, saline and slender profile. Alcohol is thirteen percent.
Swerwer 2022 Red Blend
Crushed plum, wild blackberry, cherry and anise accompany fynbos, dried herbs, fine black-tea tannins and a lingering saline finish. The palate is juicy. Cinsault and Grenache from granite soils are co-fermented with ten percent Tinta Barocca from a drier, clay-soiled vineyard. Native yeasts are used for fermentation, and the wine spends eleven months in large, old oak foudre.
Domaines Ott 2022 By.Ott Côtes de Provence Rosé
Ripe strawberry, soft citrus and spring-rain minerality define the dry rosé. Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah and Mourvèdre form the blend. The grapes come from estate vineyards and partner growers in the Côtes de Provence appellation, then are vinified and blended by the winemaking team. A bright appearance accompanies yellow fruit, a subtle exotic note, supple texture and a delicately tangy finish.
Bunan 2014 Moulin des Costes Rouge Bandol
Blackberry, raspberry and red-fruit notes accompany delicate oak. The palate is rich and balanced, with smooth tannins. Mourvèdre makes up seventy percent of the blend, with twenty percent Cinsault and ten percent Syrah. The grapes are organically cultivated and harvested by hand. Maturation lasts eighteen months in traditional foudres and barrels. The colour is dense ruby red.
Pedro Parra y Familia 2022 Imaginador Cinsault Itata
Brambly berries, pomegranate, rosehip and white pepper appear with dried flowers, smoke and spice. The palate is bone dry, with taut tannins and a stony mineral finish. Cinsault comes from four old vineyards on granite soils in Guarilihue Alto. Whole clusters ferment with indigenous yeast in oak tanks at low temperatures for fifteen days, while maceration lasts twelve days. Ageing lasts one year in concrete and large oak casks.
Domaine la Barroche 2021 Liberty Vin de France
Juicy black raspberry, violets, peppery herbs and minerality appear in a concentrated, structured profile. The blend is 52% Grenache, 18% Cinsault, 13% Mourvèdre, 12% Syrah and 5% Carignan. The vines average sixty-five years old and grow at 125 metres on sand, blue and red clay and river stones. Vinification takes place in underground concrete vats, with more than four weeks on skins. Ageing lasts twenty months in old oak casks and 600-litre barrels.
Undurraga 2021 VIGNO Carignan Maule Valley
Deep ruby colour accompanies raspberry, cherry, subtle smoke and black pepper. The palate carries red fruit and spice with freshness, fine tannins and balanced tension. The finish is long and persistently spicy. The blend is eighty-eight percent Carignan and twelve percent Cinsault. Its old bush vines grow on south-facing granite slopes in dry-farmed Maule countryside northeast of Cauquenes.
Domaine du Vieux Lazaret 2023 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Cherry and anise appear with red berries and sweet spice. Rooibos tea and sandalwood smoke are also present. The palate is textured, generous and dense, with polished tannins and a full body. The blend consists of sixty percent Grenache, twenty-five percent Syrah, ten percent Mourvèdre and five percent Cinsault. The wine is dry, red and fifteen percent alcohol.
Donkiesbaai 2019 Suiderkruis Piekenierskloof Red
Cinsault accounts for forty-nine percent of the blend, Grenache Noir forty-two percent and Syrah nine percent. The varieties mature separately for twelve months in seasoned 500-litre French oak barrels. Cranberry, watermelon, blueberry and cinnamon are present, with delicate tannins, earth and new leather. The finish carries cranberry and redcurrant. Alcohol is 12.96 percent, and the wine comes from Piekenierskloof.
Domaine de la Jaufrette 2014 Vacqueyras Rouge
Mushroom, leather and light smoke are present. The red blend comprises sixty-five percent Grenache, fourteen percent Syrah, eleven percent Mourvèdre, four percent Counoise, four percent Cinsault and two percent Terret. Fruit is hand harvested, not crushed or destemmed, and the varieties are vinified together with long vatting. Maturation takes place in foudres and new wood for six to twelve months.
Château Cabrières 2017 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Dark cherry, fig and dried cranberry appear with light leather and spice. The wine is full bodied and tannic, with 15.5 percent alcohol. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsault form the blend. Red plum and kirsch are also present, along with freshness and a spicy finish. Part of the wine was aged in barrels for twelve months. The vineyards belong to Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the Rhône Valley.
Château de Beaucastel 2012 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Nearly black colour accompanies red fruit, blackcurrant, blackberry, spice, thyme and lavender. The bouquet is elegant, rich and round, with fig, cherry, blackcurrant and stewed fruit, together with acidity and delicate tannins. Grenache and Mourvèdre each account for thirty percent of the blend, Counoise and Syrah each ten percent, and Cinsault five percent. Eight other permitted varieties make up the remaining fifteen percent.
Château de Beaucastel 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Deep ruby colour appears with a fresh chocolate note. The wine is round, with ripe fruit, soft tannins, good length, acidity and balance. Grenache and Mourvèdre each account for thirty percent of the blend, with fifteen percent Syrah, ten percent Counoise and five percent Cinsault. The remaining ten percent comprises eight other permitted varieties. The grapes are grown organically.
Château Cabrières 2018 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Deep ruby colour accompanies ripe dark berries, cherry and pungent flowers. A spicy element develops with air. The palate is broad and pliant, with juicy cherry cola, black raspberry and a hint of liquorice. Even tannins are present, along with a persistent finish carrying cherry and spice. The blend comprises Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsault from the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation.










