Maury ✦

Maury

What it is

Maury's Grenache grows on a band of black schist in the Agly valley, under the ruined Cathar fortress of Quéribus — rock that holds heat and almost no water. Most of it is bottled young in the grenat style, sealed against air, so where Banyuls goes nutty Maury stays black-fruited and tight.

In the kitchen

Grenat is reductive: unlike an oxidative fortified wine it does spoil once opened, so refrigerate and use it within a week. Reduce it with game stock and black pepper rather than with chocolate — the fruit is the point.

Goes with

Venison Cherry Black pepper Blackcurrant Duck Juniper berry

Same species

Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale DOP Amontillado Armagnac Banyuls Brandy de Jerez Champagne vinegar

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