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Discover my wines, fruits of my commitment to agro ecology. my vintages are very expressive of our terroir with intense fruity notes, soon i will strengthen my range with white and rose.

Cuvée Le Meilleur des Grenaches posée sur un fut de vin, exprimant le terroir unique de Sainte-Valière par Mathieu Cathala.

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My singular vintage

in vino fabula

I am very proud to introduce you to « in vino fabula », a partnership with the fench national monuments organisation, eco-friendly project initiated in 2022 it has been launched to create unique wines, and promote heritage preservation. Aged in old barrel in the chateau comtal duengon of the cite de carcassonne it reflect a rich heritage in the very natural country side of Aude. Every bottle help to preserve the heritage and delivers an authentic experience in every glass.

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Image produit - Bouteille de vin rouge 'In Vino Fabula" produit par Mathieu Cathala.

IN VINO FABULA
My singular vintage

Grenache is all about local history as one of the oldest variety mentioned in monestary books. Made from the old vines of my grand father in the step hills of Sainte-Valière with a very low yield. This relationship naturally made it the perfect choice to be barrel aged in the dungeon of la cité in ideal condition of humidity, aeration and temperature for 9 months with constant attention the result is an astounding full body wine with light and silky coconut and vanilla notes thanks to the old barrel followed by a powerful note of cooked prune anda very long and intense finish, this very limited vintage has only a thousand bottle and is as rare and precious as our heritage.

This 2023 vintage is 100% grenache, it displays deep black fruit as compote prune and eucalyptus develops in a powerful lenght. Full body with silky tanins, barrel aging brings roundness with coconut, vanilla and banana notes. Bottles can be aged up to 3 years and the vintage is limited to a thousand bottles.

IGP Aude

Harvested by hand and de-stemmed with machine on the highest part and lowest yield of my grenache parcel which is on step hills.
A micro vinification made in small 10hl stainless steel tanks with cold belt for a very low temperature fermentation in order to extract as much fruitiness as possible. During the fermentation, nitrogen is used to make with soft air bubbles pump over and then thrice a day puch down with a wooden mace for several weeks. Lees are stured during malo lactic conversion. Three years wine barrel were selected to aged my grenache in the dungeon of the château comtal of la cité de Carcassonne with exceptional conditions at constant temperature and humidity for 9 month.

This vintage goes with meals and especially with meat and sauce like veal, lamb and rabbit along with small potatoes.
Serve at ambient temperature, open 1h before tasting. It goes very well on dessert with french spice bread and chocolate cakes.

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L'artiste Patrick Pavan touchant une de ses œuvres utilisée pour le visuel de l'étiquette du vin du Domaine Mathieu Cathala.

The artist behind the chapters

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avec Pavan

Pavan creates unique and powerful art sourcing in the family heritage, son and grand-son of mason. Through his work, he captures a raw expression of art, reflecting the authenticity of my wines. By associating his creations with my bottles, I offer you an experience where tradition and passion meet in every glass.

Le meilleur des Grenaches
Chapitre 1 – Le fruit

First page of our history to discover all the emotions that you can feel with the grenache From a very small parcel of only 0.3 hectare, right at the bottoms of pines trees and exposed fully south. Prunned in the traditional gobelet/head trainned way and row cropped with phacelia, barley, mustard and clover for a clay-limestone very living soil that allow the terroir to express all it’s fruitiness.

This 2022 and 100% grenache displays an explosive cherry and red fruits profile, fresh and elegant it has a surprising longevity on the finish. Thanks to the purity of his fruits and it’s balance, it is by excellency the easy-drink grenache to go as it gives back it’s first noble letter to this amazing variety

Vin de France

Harvested and de-stemmed done by machine with optical sorters on the 6th of september at optimal maturity. A micro vinification made and aged 8 month in small 14hl stainless steel tanks with cold belt for a very low temperature fermentation in order to extract as much fruitiness as possible. During the fermentation, micro oxygenating is made with soft air bubbles pump over and then twice a day puch down with a wooden mace for several weeks. Lees are stured during malo lactic conversion.

An Ideal wine to enjoy the summer on a rooftop for aperitive and with tapenade, veggies, tapas, serve at 17°. At ambient temperature it goes very well with fish and chips but also deserts like french spice bread and chocolate.

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Le meilleur des Grenaches
Chapitre 2 – Le Coteau

The next page in our history to discover all the emotions that you can feel with the grenache !
From a very small parcel of only 0.45 hectare, terraced on a slight lower slope. Grapes are filled with sun on old vines prunned in the traditional gobelet/head trainned way and row cropped with faba beans for a mostly clay but also limestone soil. It is the most qualitative parcel on my vineyard.

This 2022 vintage and 100% grenache displaying a silky and full elegant body. With a seductive palate of black fruits and licorice for a long finish with an explosion of spices and white pepper. This chapter, proud of his origins is a song to the nobility of this variety

Vin de France

Harvested and de-stemmed done manually on the terraced parts and under by machine with optical sorters the 2 september at optimal maturity.
A micro vinification made and aged 8 month in small 14hl stainless steel tanks with cold belt for a very low temperature fermentation in order to extract as much fruitiness as possible.
During the fermentation, micro oxygenating is made with soft air bubbles pump over and then thrice a day puch down with a wooden mace for several weeks. Lees are stured during malo lactic conversion.

A perfect wine to enjoy with BBQ an any grilled meat or meals with red meat but particularly a Calf T-Bone and veal liver.
Serve at ambient temperature, open 1h to 30min before tasting. It goes very well on dessert with french spice bread and chocolate cakes.

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