On the wine route of Madagascar by Hotel ★★★ Gourmet restaurant Coco Lodge Majunga.
On the wine route of Madagascar by Hotel ★★★ Gourmet restaurant Coco Lodge Majunga.
The wines are still struggling to be adopted by the Malagasy themselves, the fault no doubt to the great popularity of historic beer of the country and the vintages of rum at affordable prices.
Discovery of the wine and the Betsileo vineyards
The Malagasy soils are found primarily in the Haute Matsiatra region, Autour Ambalavao and Fianarantsoa. There are ideal climatic conditions. These are the French and the Swiss that there have implanted the first vineyards in the 19th century with varietals of white and red grapes to the fruity flavour. A Chinese immigrant named Chan Foui imitated them, creating one of the oldest wineries in the country.
The area of the Lazan'i ' i Betsileo regained its former prestige
After being confronted by multiple changes of leaders. He is known for the variety of its wines, offering Red, White, grey, with different textures including the sweet wine and sparkling wine. We appreciate his aperitif wine that starts to get into manners.
The Clos Malaza property is the other major manufacturer of the country.
Fianarantsoa, the monastery of Maromby continues the tradition of monks in the manufacture of wines. The domain has its own vineyard. This is an unmissable on the wine road, a tourist circuit often proposed by tour operators. The cellar of Saxena is also.
The varieties of the Malagasy vineyards are much more noble than that found in bottles of South African products flooding the local market. Production capacity remains limited. A great wine company like Lazan'i ' i Betsileo product that 800 tons of grapes annually to make 500 000 litres of wine. Manufacturing respects the tradition with grapes trampled under foot.
Lazan'i ' i Betsileo has of the game since its rebirth a 15 years ago. En 2003, the area has been awarded the Golden Europe Award for Quality and the New Millenium Award in Paris. The terroir perched 1200 m altitude, Boasting a very good sunshine and an ideal humidity is probably for something. He interested even Chinese investors who are rent parcels of vineyards.
The wine sector in general still faces difficulties. Criticized the Malagasy wineries to be poor in diversity. The bottle is a recurrent problem because of the absence of a glassworks in producing regions. At least, the recovery is a necessity which has the merit of being ecological.
The fields of the Betsileo region deserve in any case the detour and the Malagasy wines tasting.
Reminder, the Hotel ★★★ Gourmet Restaurant Coco Lodge Majunga offers wines from the Clos Malaza property in dry white and gray.
by Hôtel★★★ Restaurant gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga
