Domaine Puig-Parahÿ

Domaine Puig Parahÿ is a family estate that has been passed down for 19 generations. It is located between the Mediterranean Sea and Mount Canigou in this region called Aspres. Its stony clay-limestone soil gives the wines very strong salty peppery and iodine aromas. The estate is divided into 10 hectares of organic vineyards and 76 hectares of conventional vines. Weeding is done with a shoe-release machine for organic vines and the entire vineyard is ploughed.

Our story

The origin of the estate has been known by several deeds since the 11th century, and the family has been on the same estates since the beginning of the 15th century (before 1435). At that time the property produced olive oil and wine. The first known taxation of the estate dates back to 1497. In the 19th century, vine cultivation replaced olive tree cultivation despite the destruction of the vineyard by phylloxera in 1878. In 1993, I took over the family property of Passa and part of that of Castelnou. It is the Duty to preserve this family heritage that pushed me to take over the estate. In my grandfather's time, the post-war period was marked by the arrival of chemicals, which subsequent generations tried to reduce and which I tried to fight as hard as I could. Until then, the estate was mainly known for its old vintages of Natural Sweet Wines. I have developed the marketing of dry wines. Since 1996, part of the production has been organic.