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Clos Des Vins d’Amour

Roussillon, 0,Côtes Catalanes,Côtes du Roussillon,Maury,Vin de France

A family vineyard since 1860, the Clos des vins d'Amour is run by the Dornier family and extends over a wide area...

Domaine Madeloc

Roussillon, Collioure,Banyuls

Between sea and mountains, the Madeloc estate extends over 16 hectares of hillsides. The landscape of the...

Domaine Lafage

Roussillon, Côtes du Roussillon,Côtes Catalanes,Côtes du Roussillon Les Aspres,Muscat de Rivesaltes,Rivesaltes,0,Côtes du Roussillon Villages

Between the sea and the mountains, Jean-Marc and Éliane Lafage have used their oenological skills to...

Domaine Modat

Roussillon, Côtes du Roussillon Villages Caramany,Côtes du Roussillon,Côtes Catalanes,Vin de France

The Modats produce wines with a poetic sound and full of poetry! Located on a plateau...

Domaine de l'Horizon

Roussillon, Côtes Catalanes

14 ha in Calce which dominates the Mediterranean and 3 ha in Caudiès des Fenouilledes in the...

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Domaine Puig-Parahÿ

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“From Aspres to Parahy”

Close your eyes, you're in the Eastern Pyrenees! When he took over the family estate in 1993, which was first recognised for the quality of its natural sweet wines, Georges Puig decided to join forces with his family.

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(66) Pyrénées-Orientales

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.

Other little stories


Which wine resembles me the most? The cuvée Le Fort Saint Pierre.

This wine, fruit of my creation, is bottled every year. Why Fort Saint Pierre? It is the cadastral name of the domain.

I like to let the terroir express itself when I create a wine.

The wine that most resembles our family would be the dry white wine, called "Vi rançi". It represents the accumulation of the past time. The barrels are very old and I have the will of a direct grandfather, Petri Puig, who passed on his wines, silver cups to drink the wine, and his wine vessels, in 1437.

Being a winemaker means being present from planting to tasting. I produce, vinify, bottle, manage the accounting, welcome visitors to the domain... but what a pleasure! As a teenager, I used to sneak a little sweet wine directly from the barrels to share with friends. My wine is different from the others, by its unique taste coming from the so atypical soil that is the Aspres. I enjoy my job as a winemaker because planting vines is a positive action, it is a creation. I like the novelty, that things move forward.

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