MAS AMIEL Muscat de Rivesaltes AOC “Muscat” 2008

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Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon in the south of France stretches from the Rhône valley & Provence in the east to the Spanish border in the southwest.
It is dominated by 300,000 hectares of vineyards, making it France’s largest wine producing region.
Although the region has been known to release cheap table wine in the past, many producers are working very hard the last few decades to get higher quality wines.
The two regions of Languedoc-Roussillon produce distinct styles of red wine. The Languedoc is known for fruit-forward and full-bodied wines that can also be quite complex. Roussillon produces riper and juicier blends, as well as late-harvest and fortified wines like Maury.

Mas Amiel

The 170 ha of Mas Amiel vines are located in the South of France between the Mediterranean Sea and the Pyrenees mountains.
In 1816, a bishop bet one of his plots of land at a gaming table and lost it to Raymond Etienne Amiel. At that time, the property consisted only of 10ha of vines. Destroyed by the phylloxera in 1865, the estate was replanted with American vines and a cellar was built.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Jean Dupuy produced the first natural sweet wine branded Mas Amiel. The estate continued to expand throughout the whole century. In 1999, Olivier Decelle took over Mas Amiel and developed the property into a world-renowned benchmark.

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