30 Years Old

TASTING NOTES:

A bewitching wine. Its colour lightens with age, offering a light mahogany hue. Aromas of tobacco leaf, praline, coffee liqueur, and toasted almonds unfold before shifting into the world of warm spices with a whisper of aged orange liqueur. A wine full of life and dazzling freshness, its finish is long, lifted by a gentle, structuring bitterness..

FOOD PAIRINGS:

This 30-year-old wine reveals an astonishing vitality and freshness. It pairs beautifully with aged Comté, blue cheeses, or desserts made with praline or dried fruit. Open one hour before serving at 15°C.

TERROIR AND VINE MANAGEMENT:

South-facing slopes of decomposed schist and black marl. Soils are regularly tilled. Goblet-trained vines over 40 years old. Average yield: 18 hl/ha. Planting density: 3,500–4,000 vines/ha.

GRAPE VARIETIES :

90 % Grenache noir, 5% Maccabeu, 5% Carignan

GRAPE HARVEST :

Hand harvesting. Destemmed picking

WINEMAKING:

Extra alcohol is added during the fermentation while the wine is still on the skins (mutage sur grains), and then the whole is allowed to macerate for 30 days to extract the aromas and polyphenols from the grapes, ensuring a nice balance of fruit, alcohol and sugar.

MATURATION AND BOTTLING:

One year in glass demijohns outdoors under the sun, followed by ageing in old 350-hl oak casks for at least 30 years. This exceptionally long ageing, a true Mas Amiel signature, allows the wine to develop profound aromatic maturity and structural depth.

GUARD TIME:

Unlimited