Les Amorioles, Maury

FULLY BOOKED!

Now into it’s 12th year, this gourmet stroll takes place around Maury every year in the last week of  May.

With six gastronomic stages strategically situated across 7km of vineyards, each stop will include a dish and a tasting of several wines.

• Stage 1: Mise en bouche (nibbles)
• Stage 2: Entrée (starter)
• Stage 3: Poisson (fish)
• Stage 4: Plat chaud (hot dish)
• Stage 5: Fromage (cheese)
• Stage 6: Dessert

You will also have the opportunity to meet with with over 30 producers and growers, not to mention other foodies (and wine-ies) along the way.

Groups depart every 15 minutes from 10.45am. Slots book up quickly so don’t leave it too long to make your reservation!

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MAURY

Around Maury

Perched on their unbelievable mountainous rocky outcrops, the castles of Queribus and Peyrepeteuse dominate the beautiful rolling vineyards of Maury and Cucugnan. 

From Estagel take the D 117 towards Maury.  Turn off right on the D69 towards Mas Amiel. Well worth a visit for its excellent wine and the sight of the thousands of glass “bonbonnes “ full of delicious port like wine starting its long development in the 260 days of sunshine enjoyed at MA each year.

Two centuries ago Raymond Etienne Amiel won his 80 hectare property from the then Bishop of Perpignan at a game of cards. Now its sun baked, wind swept terrain produces some of the best Roussillon wines of the Pyrenenées Orientales.

Stop in Maury to taste the local naturally sweet wine for which the commune is famous, then follow the signs to Cucugnan. As you climb the Grau of Maury towards the border with the Aude you will see the Ch de Queribus on the right, built on its 728m high rocky pinnacle in the XI Century.

The last stronghold of the Cathar defence, it fell in 1255.  A real eagle’s nest, it has overlooked the Corbieres, Fenouilledes and Plains of Roussillon for centuries, guarding the mountain pass of the Grau de Maury.

A mere 15 – 20 men were required to man the castle, so clever were its systems of defence. In 1258, with the Treaty of Corbeil, it was right on the frontier between France and Aragon.

The HQ was Carcassonne and, with Aguilar, Peyrepeteuse, Puilaurens and Termes, Queribus was known as one of the “five sons of Carcasonne”.

It remains to this day a monument to the dramatic events that have marked the turbulent history of this border country.