Vintage Charles Dupuy 2020

TASTING NOTES:

It asserts its originality through an astonishing nose of black truffles, jam
of black fruits, caramel, peppers and spices. A vintage with sugars
penetrating, tangy, dazzling in intensity. The tannins of great salinity
harmoniously balance the finale.

PERFECT AGREEMENTS:

With seven-hour lamb or wild boar stew with citrus fruits.

TERROIR AND VINE MANAGEMENT:

Vineyard farmed 100% biodynamically. Cabirou parcel is situated on a slope resembling an amphitheatre. It consists of schist gravels resting on clay soils that are 1.5 meters deep before reaching the bedrock. South exposition. Soils are ploughed using a special tractor.
Age of the vines trained in goblet system:94 years. Average yield: 10 to 15 hectolitres per hectare with a density of 3 500 to 4 000 vines per hectare.

GRAPE VARIETIES:

100% Grenache planted in 1914. The venerable age of the hundred-year-old Grenache vines allows the roots to penetrate deep into the soil for water, micronutrients and mineral supply.

GRAPE HARVEST:

Manual, from the last week of September to mid-October. Double manual sorting of the bunches on a belt and vibrating table, destemming and light crushing.

WINEMAKING:

Vinification in temperature-controlled wooden vats. Alcoholic fermentation at 25°C. Halfway through, a neutral spirit is added (mutage) directly onto the must followed by a maceration for 15 to 20 days. The mutage process stops the fermentation process. Asphyxiated, the yeasts cease their activity, and the resulting wine retains a proportion of residual natural sugars. The signature of the winemaker? The precise moment of the mutage and the volume of spirit added will determine the typicity of Mas Amiel fortified wines.
The sweetness and the concentration are perfectly balanced by the elegant structure and vibrant freshness.

MATURATION AND BOTTLING:

After the wine is transferred into barrels (half new and half used once) to be aged for 18 months.

GUARD TIME:

10 to 15 years old