Château Aumèdes

CHÂTEAU AUMÈDES

Aumèdes, which takes its name from the Occitan "aumets" or "aumedas”, meaning “elms”, is the oldest estate of the family. The Gallo-Roman remains discovered there attest of a farming activity going back for least two thousand years. The vineyard, planted on a south-facing hillside, covers 40 hectares of terraced plots between the garrigue scrubland and the village of Bizanet. On the hillside, springs gush from the fossiliferous black marls that formed the bottom of the sea during the Jurassic period, more than 170 million years ago. The carignan vines, deeply rooted in the limestone-clay soil, give round and powerful wines. The château, built on the rock, shelters a barrel cellar where the cuvée Emilien Raïssac is aged, a top-of-the-range wine made from the oldest vines of the estate.

De sable à l’orme d’or, à la champagne de même, chargée de trois coquilles de sable.

Domaine d'Aumèdos

Chemin de la Sauzine

11200 Bizanet

R é s e r v e

Château Aumèdes Réserve is a red wine made from traditional Languedoc grape varieties. This blend with a very Mediterranean style is produced according to the specifications of the protected designation of origin Corbières. It offer both a rich aromatic expression and a complex structure.

Château Aumèdes - Réserve - Red corbieres wine

VINTAGE : 2015

CERTIFICATION : A.O.P. Corbières

A.B.V. : 13 % vol.

VOLUME : 75 cL

CLOSURE : wooden cork

GEOLOGY

Dark flaky marl and limestone from Lias.

VARIETIES

Carignan, Grenache Noir, Syrah.

WINEMAKING

Traditional wine-making method of the destemmed grapes, each variety being vatted separately. 15% of the Carignan noir has been aged in barrels during 12 months before the final blend.

SERVING TEMPERATURE

Between 15 °C and 18 °C.

TASTING

EYE : dark red and densely coloured.

NOSE : aromas of red berries, blackcurrant, blueberry and spices.

PALATE : lick of aniseed that lifts the palate,

lingering savours of red fruits an liquorice.

WINE & FOOD PAIRING

Gardiane of bull, stuffed capon.

The Cuvée Emilien Raïssac was made as a tribute to the eponymous ancestor who was the first winemaker of the family to create awarded quality wines from the Aumèdes vineyard.

The son of a tailor, Émilien Raïssac was the great-grandfather of Claire Barsalou. Town hall secretary in Bizanet under the Third Republic, he chose to dedicate the rest of his time to the vine and wine. He was the first winemaker in the family to obtain awards for his wines at the national agricultural competition in Paris by revealing the quality potential of the Aumèdes vineyard.

The Cuvée Emilien Raïssac is a high-end wine made from Carignan vines over 50 years old and aged in barrels in the stone cellar of the estate.

Émilien Raïssac (1866 - 1944)

Château Aumèdes - Cuvée Emilien Raïssac - Corbieres carbonic maceration - old carignan vines

VINTAGE : 2016