Astélia 2018

Les Domaines Paul Mas

Astélia
2018

$49.75

* Retail price including taxes and service fees if applicable
Service fees
$ 0.10
Product code
14728932
Format
12 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$43.27
Country
France
Regulated designation
Vin de pays (VDP)
Region
Pays d'Oc
Varietal(s)
Cabernet Sauvignon 55 %
Syrah 45 %
Alcohol percentage
14,5%
Colour
Red
Sugar content
1,8 g/l
Closure type
Cork
Length of aging
Over 20 years
Producer's website

About this winery

The story begins at Château Paul Mas in Conas hamlet, in the splendid town of Pézenas, the city of famous playwright Molière. The estates then expanded to Montagnac, with Nicole vineyard and Mas des Tannes. Jean-Claude Mas’s great-grandfather, Auguste Mas, bought the first family vineyard in 1892, when he aquired 9 ha (22 acres) of vines in the Mas de Bicq, near the village of St Pons de Mauschiens. In 1934, Raymond Mas brings the family vineyard to a surface of 15 ha in Domaine Montredon...

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Product notes

Food and wine pairing: serve at 15/17 ° C, it will perfectly match a Rossini tournedos, a short ribs and its pan-fried porcini mushrooms, or gourmet cheeses. Cellaring: over 20 years in good storage conditions.

Production notes

In 20 years, Jean Claude Mas has become a leader in the French winemaking. 18 years after starting the adventure of Domaines Paul Mas, Jean Claude Mas has taken on a new challenge: to design from A to Z a wine project to produce excellent wines. By designating Astelia, acronym of his 4 daughters, Astrid, Elisa, Apolline and Estelle, 13 hectares of his best plots in Montagnac, a cellar and a family home, he expresses all his creativity and mastery. In a vineyard where harmony reigns, he harvests his best plots to give birth to a wine that offers that part of the dream specific to the greatest wines. Hand-picked harvest. The whole vinification process is done using gravity. Traditional vinification in small stainless-steel and tronconic oak vats. Fermentation at 26/28°C with punching down twice a day for a week then once a day during the 4 weeks of maceration. The malolactic fermentation partly takes place in oak vats. Ageing: 14 months in barrels. There is no addition of sulfites before the final preparation of the wine for bottling. Terroir: gravelly clay-limestone Vineyard: 15 to 45 years old Pruning: Cordon de Royat Density of plantation: 5400-7000 vines/hectare Harvest: Hand-picked Average yield: 38hl/ha Altitude: 120 meters Climate: Mediterranean coastal

Tasting notes

Colour: deep red with purple hints. Nose: nose of redcurrant jelly, blueberry, mocha, roasted coffee evolving towards notes of blackcurrant and pepper. Palate: powerful and opulent wine, with tannins. The palate is full-bodied robust and ripe with mocha and chocolate notes on the finish. The promise of a great wine.