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Our four medal-winning rosés by Drink Business
The 2020 edition of the Global Rosé Masters by The Drinks Business took place in London last month, bringing together a wide selection of the very best rosés from all over the world into one blind tasting competition. Not one or two but all four of our rosés this year won GOLD medals! You can find all of them available to purchase in our boutique at the winery and on our online shop. Here are a few tasting descriptors of each cuvee from the award notes:
Rosé Château Léoube – Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah & Mourvèdre – 93 points – ” Pale salmon pink Attractive nose, peachy, ripe and creamy. Almost vanilla and cashew as though oak there – or just lots of lees contact. Palate same, creamy, touch of marshmallow and cashew, peach and grapefruit core, citrusy acid, with nice touch of wild strawberry too, touch of grip. Very fine and persistent, with some apple freshness, but peachy ripeness too. Delicious. ”
Secret de Léoube – Grenache, Cinsault & Cabernet Sauvignon – 93 points – ” Very very pale salmon pink, barely pink at all Delicate nose with citrus notes, grapefruit, and touch of peach Palate though has surprising intensity, with oily white Grenache character, full and soft, with some pineapple and peach, touch of red berry too, long, persistent, with nice but soft acidity. Touch of warmth. But v fine layered rose – just barely rose in appearance. ”
Léoube La Londe – Cinsault & Grenache – 93 points – ” Very very pale salmon pink, almost no rose at all, more gris Touch of sweetcorn style leesiness on nose and some peach and pineapple but very delicate fruit Palate texture, oily, attractive lovely balance between peach and oils and soft citrus acid on finish. Fine but delicate fruit. Pretty, easy, and hard not to drink. Lovely balance. Pristine character. And likeable with slight sweetcorn lees note. ”
And let’s not forget our Love by Léoube rosé – 92 points –Grenache & Cinsault – ” Very pale salmon pink Delicate but pretty nose, with touch of peach and white cherry, inviting, not jammy, but not herbaceous. Palate similar, with some attractive peach and cherry fruit, touch of fresh orange citrus, and soft acidity, fine and lovely easy rose with gently oily texture, and nice balance and appeal. Very good. ”
The team at Château Léoube are incredibly proud to share these award results with you and hope to welcome many of you to the estate very soon.
Beetroot ravioli stuffed with guacamole, beans and courgette puree
For 2 people / 40 min preparation time + 40 min cooking time – vegan ravioli recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Raw beetroot
- 2 Courgette
- 1 Spring Onion
- 130g Skinless beans
- 4 tbsp Olive oil
- 20g Lemon juice
- 20 Coriander leaves
- 1 large tbsp Sweet & sour sauce
- 1 pinch of Salt
- 1 pinch of Pepper
- 5g Butter
Instructions
To begin preheat your oven to 200°C, then heat some water in a pan with a tiny bit of olive oil or butter. Once the water boils, place the beans in the pan and cook for 10 minutes, once cooked place in cold water with ice cubes to stop the beans from overcooking.
Courgette purée dressing
cut half of the spring onions into small cubes, slice the courgette and put some olive oil in the pan. Once the olive oil is hot, turn down the heat to low setting and gently fry off the spring onions for 5 minutes, lightly season and then add in the courgette. Gently fry this mix for 10 minutes and to add in some flavour, place 5 coriander leaves and 15ml of the cooking water from the beans to the courgette mix and leave to simmer for a further 10 minutes. Once cooked give them a quick taste and add in any extra seasoning if necessary and leave to rest on the side.
Beetroot ravioli
To prepare the beetroot ravioli you will need to slice the beetroot as thinly as possible, try using a mandolin if you have one alternatively a sharp knife will do, try to make 20 slices, roughly 10 slices per person.
5) Cook the beetroot slices in a pan for 8 minutes. Once cooked place the pan in some cold water to stop the beetroot from overcooking and to cool before making the ravioli parcels.
Broad bean guacamole
first remove the skins from the beans and place in a blender along with some lemon juice, sweet and sour sauce, the rest of the coriander leaves, 1 tbsp of olive oil, some salt and pepper. Blend together to a smooth paste.
Thinly slice up the other half of the spring onions and place in a pan with a knob of butter or olive oil and caramelise.
Presentation
Finally to create the ravioli; take a slice of the cooked beetroot, place 1 tbsp of the bean guacamole into the centre and place another slice of beetroot on top, and gently press down around the edges. Take care to carefully complete the remaining ravioli and simply plate up.
To finish, place the caramelised spring onions on top, add in the courgette purée dressing and sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves to garnish.
Marion Pouget, Head-chef of Café Léoube.
P.S. A fun trick to use up any leftover beetroot is to make some beetroot oven chips; simply put the remaining slices on some baking paper with some olive oil, salt and pepper and simply cook for 8 min at 200°C, once cooked allow them to cool – voila beetroot chips!
Father’s Day at Léoube
For the Father’s Day, Château Léoube, in Bormes les Mimosas, invites you to discover the Léoube vineyard by rosalie (Surrey), on Saturday 15 June 2019.
Share a special moment with your father and your family in our sumptuous wine estate during a friendly ride.
Take part in a discovery workshop on our rosé wines during a break overlooking the sea in front of Porquerolles, filled by the magical combination of sky, earth and sea.
Choose your electric rosalie for 1 hour, from 10am to 6pm:
Price: 25.00 € the rosalie 4 people (2 adults + 2 children )
Price: 45.00 € the rosalie 8 people (6 adults + 2 children)
Offer: 1 surprise offered our store