Les Terres de Fagayra 2013

Stéphane Gallet, Marjorie’s husband from Roc des Anges, after leaving Mas Amiel—where he had gained valuable experience working in a vineyard that was new to him at the time—set out on his own and immediately began producing some of the most original and accomplished Maurys of our time, the result of impeccable viticulture and winemaking that leaves nothing to chance.

The 2013 Fagayra Blanc is bursting with crisp, fresh fruit, with notes of passion fruit and grapefruit.

Marjorie and Stéphane Gallet, of the Le Roc des Anges estate, embarked on the adventure of natural sweet wines in 2008: with rare inspiration and an extreme commitment to quality, they craft magnificent expressions of schist in their three Maury cuvées. These wines—two reds and one white—transcend the inherent limitations of fortified winemaking by preserving a brilliance and a mineral smokiness, a term that is clearly apt here. They shed new light on a category that is still too formulaic or conventional, and immediately rank among the very best Maury wines. The second star is well deserved this year.