This sweet natural wine selected by Pierre Amadieu is made of 100% Muscat d'Alexandrie. The vines are located on the best terroirs of Beaumes de Venise, some of them are aged of 80 years!
Harvest begins when grapes are turning red while keeping a delicate freshness. Grapes selected by hand are vinified on the domain at low temperature for a better aromatic expression of this wonderful grape.
A shiny gold colour, lots of roundness on the palate combine with a perfectly balanced ending where scents of Muscat, litchis, mango, pear and citrus fruits. The persistency in mouth is really fresh.
Apreciate as an aperitif, with foie gras with its fig compote, desserts with fruits will also match with this fresh and very aromatic Muscat wine.

Making Muscat is an old tradition in Beaumes de Venise. Its fame spread thanks to the Pope of Avignon, around the year 1300. During the 14th century, the vineyard is more or less 70 Ha. In 1760, Fornéry, the historian of the region writes about Beaumes de Venise: " We make there a very good Muscat, the grapes are ripened earlier and are better than anywhere. " Mistral, the poet, fell in love with this wine and honours it. The Controlled Appellation Fortified Wine Muscat de Beaumes de Venise has been attributed in 1945 for a production at this period of some hundred of hectolitres.

Two villages are allowed to produce Muscat: Beaumes de Venise and Aubignan. The surface is around 350 Ha for a production of 10 000 Hl. This fortified wine is made of one grape variety: Muscat à petits grains (small grape berries). The yields are low and the grapes have to be harvested with at least 252 g of sugar per litre of must. The fermentation is stopped by adding neutral alcohol, this process is called " mutage ". The right to produce Muscat de Beaumes de Venise is given after gustatory and analytic controls: the percentage of alcohol must be between 15 and 18%, the richness in sugar has to be over 100g/litre.

The landscape in this area is due to grey limestones and to red marls. Sand is also part of the soil dated the Jurassic period. Beaumes de Venise enjoys a micro climate with an extreme sweetness , sheltered of the freezy wind called " Mistral ".

MILLESIME 2001: GOLD RAIMBAUT AND SPECIAL PRICE OF The JURY TO The CONTEST OF The WINES OF VACQUEYRAS 2002