Family heritage
Pately
Pately, an ANTOKALY Tahitensis lot, is a rare vanilla, grown inland, on a humid forest terroir in north-eastern Madagascar. Mineral soils, steady warmth, abundant rains and the dense canopy of agroforestry accompany its floral and aniseed signature.
Its profile, still all in subtlety, lets a fine aromatic complexity show through, one that will reveal itself fully over the course of the ageing.
Pately belongs to the floral and airy family of ANTOKALY Tahitensis, a house of rare vanillas from Madagascar rooted in the SAVA. On this single territory, 3 varieties open the map and 10 lots fill it, each with the signature of its terroir. Pately takes its own from a humid forest terroir, beneath the dense canopy of agroforestry.
Characteristics
- Variety
- Vanilla tahitensis
- Harvest
- 2025
- Ageing
- 9 months
- Pod size
- 12 to 20 cm
- Humidity
- 32 to 38%
The terroir
Like all our productions, Pately is grown in agroforestry, inland, on a humid forest terroir in north-eastern Madagascar.
The vine develops its pods there beneath a dense canopy, in steady warmth and almost permanent humidity. Abundant rains feed deep mineral soils, while the shade protects the slow growth of the material.
The expression
Pately is a Tahitensis with a floral and aniseed signature.
Its profile, still all in subtlety, lets a fine aromatic complexity show through, one that will reveal itself fully over the course of the ageing.
The maturation craft
Like all ANTOKALY vanillas, Pately enters Malagasy rosewood chests after preparation. The wood breathes with the pod, regulates humidity and lets the essential oils find their melt.
It leaves the chest when aromatic maturity has found its full length.
In the kitchen
A vanilla for ice creams, infused creams, whipped ganaches, white or milk chocolate ganaches and dairy desserts where a clean floral presence is wanted, in a recipe that stays light.
It also accompanies entremets, delicate fruits, fine pastry and refined desserts that call for an elegant, readable and progressive vanilla.
References
Pately carries my family name. In the 1970s, one of my uncles was among those who brought and planted the first Tahitensis vines in Madagascar. That story was passed down to me with the cuttings. A rare ANTOKALY signature.
Yassine HAMMICHE PATEL, co-founder ANTOKALY