Loyalty Domaine Maby has been in the Tavel vineyards from at least the early 19th century. Then it was not their main activity, as Maby were then shoemakers from father to son. But like other residents of the village, they cultivated some parcels of vines, which they themselves vinified and then sold to local customers.
Maby Auguste was the first to be able to live off the production of their 4 to 5 hectares of Tavel. The wine was made in the cellar of the B28family shoe shop in barrels and half-muids. It was sold locally in "tanks" and drums. In 1936, Auguste was joined by his son Armand, who was 15 years old. The family then moved into a new house, still in the village, with a larger cellar and the vineyard grew in size, up to 8 hectares in 1942.
In 1945, Armand Maby began buying vineyards in his own name and in 1950 he bought a new house, where he still lives, and against which he built the first building of a cellar more modern and functional. It was then that the first bottles of Tavel stamped "Domaine Maby", from the production of 12 hectares of vines were produced.
Ii is in the late 50s and early 60s that the area takes its true flight. Armand is then joined by his son Roger, his brother Bernard and his sons-in-law Christian Amido and later Jacques Borrely. New plots of Tavel are acquired, and the purchases 30 hectares in the stoney soil of Lirac, then a wood. They cleared the wood using a horse cart and waited for authorisation to plant it with vines. They even grew apricots in the meantime. Finally, after 70 years, this land was planted with Syrah, Grenache Blanc and Noir, Mourvèdre and Picpoul. This is where the vintage "La Fermade" comes from.
In 1973, the five partners create the company of Domaine Maby and continued to expand. Wines are distributed in France and now also abroad.
The partners then decided to separate and Roger took charge, helped by his son Jean Robert Ousset, and today continues to operate nearly 45 hectares. The commercial development of the area is ongoing, particularly abroad, and Roger and his children have bought more vineyards in Lirac and Côtes du Rhône.
In 2005, the area has also signed a Contract for Sustainable Agriculture, to realise their experience as a culture respectful of the environment.
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