Mas des Caprices - Fitou Anthocyane 2020

Guide Hachette des vins

About the wine:

This cuvée expresses Fitou's limestone and proximity to the sea. The bouquet offers the scents of the garrigue that surrounds the plot, enhanced by jammy black fruits. Elegance, freshness and deliciousness emerge on the palate, with a pretty finish of strawberry and redcurrant mixed with minerality. A loose fitou.

About the domain :

Children of Alsatian winegrowers, Mireille and Pierre Mann were restaurateurs before becoming winegrowers in 2005. First bottles in 2009, first successes. Today, 16 hectares of biodynamic vineyards on the limestone plateau of Leucate and the schist foothills of the Corbières.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

About the wine:

Anthocyane is the most robust cuvée, a wine with a velvety texture and notes of blackcurrant and spices that can be forgotten in the cellar for a few years.

About the domain :

Former restaurateurs in Alsace, Pierre and Mireille Mann gave in to the irrepressible urge to become winegrowers, setting up in 2005 in the maritime sector of the Fitou appellation. After three years in a cooperative winery, during which time they converted the vineyard to organic production, they began production of Mas des Caprices in 2009. The vineyard is located on the Leucate plateau, on the edge of the cliffs overlooking the sea, in a magnificent, unspoilt environment. A harmonious blend of thirst-quenching and more ambitious cuvées, the wines give pride of place to local grape varieties (carignan and grenache gris), combining ripeness and freshness of fruit. This is a particularly coherent range, where freedom of tone is combined with precision of flavor.

James Suckling

About the wine:

A textured, balanced and flavorful Fitou with notes of sweet berries, blackcurrant blossom, roasted meat, warm spices and baked plums. Medium- to full-bodied, with silky tannins. A generous, dense core of berries with lovely spice and structure, bringing balance and liveliness to the palate. Tasty and well-mannered. For drinking or cellaring.