Vintage 80

TASTING NOTES:

The wine has tawny colour with coffee hints. The nose reveals intense aromas of powdered chocolate and fresh fig, followed by fresh notes of peppermint. The palate is surprising, both by its frank and powerful attack and by its vibrant acidity —remarkable for a wine of this age. Fig and walnut notes carry through to a long, harmonious finish balanced beautifully between alcohol, sweetness, and freshness.

FOOD PAIRINGS:

Vintage 80 reveals an astonishing youthfulness, promising even further ageing. Enjoy it with aged Comté or chocolate and dried fruit-based desserts. Open one hour before serving and decant at 15°C.

TERROIR AND VINE MANAGMENT :

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 :

Manual harvest. Double sorting and destemming.

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, then transferred to old 350-hl oak casks where it remains to this day, continuing its slow, graceful evolution. This exceptionally long maturation—part of the Mas Amiel signature—nurtures a wine of profound aromatic complexity and structural depth.

GUARD TIME:

Unlimited