The name of Domaine NEFERIS reflects the Phoenician and Roman history not only of Tunisia, but also the region of NEFERIS at that time. Neferis was a Carthaginian fortified town about thirty kilometers from Tunis. It played an important role during the Third Punic War. in antiquity, the hills of NEFERIS were the granary and the winecellar of Rome from the ancient Gulf of Utica , the first commercial port of the Carthaginian and Roman era Since ancient times, in Tunisia as all around the Mediterranean basin, there are large farms that produced grapes. The Domaine Neferis is a young and worthy descendant preserving the soul of Mediterranean agriculture based on nature. It illustrates perfectly the quality of the valley of khanguet terroir where the world’s best grapes such as the Grenache, the Syrah and the Chardonnay, grown on its hillsides, produce authentic and modern wines. A real return to origins of the Mediterranean vine growing to create wines perfectly adapted to the tastes of today’s consumer. The vineyard of Domaine NEFERIS was created, in 2000, on the valley of khanguet, at Grombalia, at the same location where was created the first French vineyards in 1878 by Emile Lançon.
It covers an area of 200 hectares of vines planted in Syrah, Carignan, Cinsault ,Grenache, Chardonnay and muscat d’alexandria. All of these grapes have shown, over time, a great adaptation to Mediterranean soils. The vineyard of Domaine Neferis is undoubtedly the most diverse considering its grape varieties and is also unique because of its moderate density, of three thousand vines per hectare, that gives an optimum leaf surface exposed to the sun and we think produces wine of exceptional quality.
The examination of the soils of Domaine NEFERIS vineyards reveals two soil types particularly suited to growing grapes. The first is a deep soil composed with alluvial flows of sandy loam, allowing excellent ventilation and adequate crop development. The second type is more superficial soil and clay calcareous nature. Ripeness and acidity are found here in a nice balance Its semi continental microclimate, haracterized by large changes in temperature, provides a very good synthesis of phenolic compounds, for red wines, and a perfect balance freshness-aromatic power, for white and rosé wines The winery of Domaine Neferis was conceived to allow the winemaker to realize the different types of wine making and vinification, while providing good preservation of the organoleptic quality of the grapes from the harvest to the bottling.
Our technology is special because we have two coaxial tubular heat exchangers for cooling grapes, must and wine that are all outdoors. All winemaking and storage tanks are thermo-regulated. The emperature control is essential for both the development and for wine storage. In addition, the winery has a complete station for inerting of musts and wines to ensure good protection against oxidation. Finally the Domaine Neferis has invested in a cellar of French oak barrels from the most world famous and well known coopers. In order to give our wines a great complexity, we selected barrels of different types according to the level of the grains fineness and the intensity of heat. The know-how of our teams and the high level of our equipment guarantee the optimum quality to our wines.