Mas Amiel - Maury Vintage rouge 2015

Name: Mas Amiel - Maury Vintage rouge 2015
Brand: Mas Amiel
Rating: 4 (38 reviews)

Maury|Red wine

Roussillon

Red

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4/5 (38 customers)

16/20

RVF

14/20

Bettane & Desseauve

This beautiful Maury Vintage, with its intense ruby color, expresses itself on the nose with aromas of red and black fruits, with remarkable intensity. The palate is greedy, focused on finesse, with delicious notes of burlats. Chocolate will be its best ally!

Features

Estate

Mas Amiel

Cuvée

Vintage

2015

Designation

Maury

Region

Roussillon

Grape varieties

100% Grenache noir

Terroirs

Schist soils on lower and mid-slopes

Viticulture

Traditional and meticulous

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

In temperature-controlled concrete and stainless steel vats. Alcoholic fermentation at 25°C, with mid-fermentation mutage sur grain followed by 15-20 days maceration.

Breeding

In a reductive environment in an oiled vat for 10 months

Alcohol content

16.5%

Residual sugars

89 g/l

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Intense ruby color

Nose

Red and black fruit aromas

Mouth

Gourmand, with notes of burlat cherry and finesse

Serve

AT 12-14°C

Drink from

2019

Drink before

2026

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with red fruit or chocolate desserts, sweet and sour dishes...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated (2019 guide) 14/20 (Good wine)

Domain rated 4*Stars (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

Domain rated (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

Wine rated (2019 guide) 16/20 (Very good wine)

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

About the wine:

Tight, intense, full-flavored, with density and tannic structure.

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 bar for 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

Rated Domaine (2023 guide) Recommended

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4/5

on 38 reviews