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AOC/AOP Maury

Appellation area

Protected at the north by the Chaine des Corbières and at the south by the steep foothills of the Pyrenees, the vineyard Maury represent a natural corridor covering 17 km in length and 4 km in width plus some plots on different villages : Saint-Paul de Fenouillet, Tautavel et Rasiguères.

Geology

This appellation is composed of black soil (Aptian schist, metamorphic and often decomposed).

Grapes

La zone d’appellation se compose 90 % sont plantés de grenache noir, alors que le décret d’AOC n’impose ce cépage qu’à concurrence de 75 %.

• Red and tile-red: Main grapes: Grenache noir, Grenache blanc, Grenache gris, Macabeu Auxiliary grapes: Carignan noir, Syrah
• White and amber: Grenaches gris and blanc, Macabeu, Tourbat, Muscat d’Alexandrie, Muscat à petits grains

Different products:

• White Maury, its production is very rare (400hl)
• Les Maury "Vendanges" ou "Récoltes", bottled vey young with the aim of keeping the character of youth

Vinification

These wines are issued from best cuvées, with an important concentration due to a long maceration with an addition of alcohol. A barrel or a tun ageing will ripe nits complexity and structure.

Key figures

• 343 ha
• 250 producers in the SCV « Les Vignerons de Maury »
• Environ 10 in particular wineries

Yields

• The yield is limited at 30 hl/ha.
• Average yield: 17.89 hl/ha

Average production

• 6 138 hl