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Mas Amiel - Maury sec Oiseau Rare 2022

Roussillon

Red

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92/100

RVF

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92/100

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purity
red berries
powdery tannins
old vines

"High-flying red (RVF)".

"A wine soared with rain, rocks and roses. It fills the mouth vertically, then broadly, like choral music filling the high vault of a cathedral. The delicate dryness of the tannins brings breath and pauses, increasing the tension and lengthening the echo of its harmonies. A wine of great purity and determination". (Jancis Robinson 2023)

Features

Estate

Mas Amiel

Cuvée

Oiseau Rare

Vintage

2022

Designation

Maury Sec

Region

Roussillon

Grape varieties

Grenache (vielles vignes, dont certaines plantées en 1914) et Carignan

Terroirs

Shale soils

Viticulture

Certified organic and biodynamic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Spontaneous fermentation, no sulfite added

Breeding

10 months in concrete and stainless steel tanks

Alcohol content

14%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Nose

On fresh, juicy grapes, switch to a basket of fresh strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, notes of dried rose petals, wild cherry, rockrose, anise, mentholated, sap...

Mouth

Tactile, greedy fruit, creamy and salivating, powdery and refreshing tannins, mineral.

Serve

AT 16-18°C

Drink before

2030

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with red meats in sauce, roast pork with figs, cassoulet...

Mas Amiel

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Maury Dry

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated (guide 2025) 92/100

4-star rated estates (top-quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)

About the domain :

In Maury, Mas Amiel boasts 150 hectares of vines in production, spread over 132 parcels, dominated by the Cathar château of Quéribus. Olivier Decelle (also owner of Château Jean Faure in Saint-Émilion) has worked as a patron of the arts, gradually restoring the estate to a perfect state of production, assisted since 2007 by Nicolas Raffy, a lover of the land. With the conversion to biodynamic viticulture, the expression of the wines will certainly evolve further in the years to come. While natural sweet wines have not been abandoned, far from it, the emphasis has been placed on the production of very modern dry wines, with a wide range covering all styles. An unmissable source!

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domaine noté (guide 2021) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

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

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

Wine rated (guide 2025) 92/100

Domaine rated (guide 2024) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About the wine:

The range of reds is top-flight, starting with two 2022s, Oiseau Rare, sanguine, pulpy and velvety.

About the domain :

In the heart of the Maury terroir, at the foot of the hillside, a large building and rows of demi jeannes in which nectars age for a year in the sun, before moving on to the tuns for decades. Mas Amiel, the first born of the Olivier Decelle galaxy, is a page in Roussillon history. An estate that celebrates the tradition of great natural sweet wines, while renewing itself in dry wines, with a refined, sanguine and very precise style, supported by a heritage of old vines. Nicolas Raffy, a talented Catalan winemaker, raises the profile of wines made from calcoschists, black marl and granite. He has identified steep plots, and adapted his blends, ageing and harvest dates so that the dry Maury wines join the VDNs at the top. Today, the domaine is unquestionably one of the great references. In recent years, progress on the dry side has been spectacular. The third star is approaching.

James Suckling

James Suckling

Rated domain (guide 2023) Recommended

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