Vin de France Rouge "Olla Rouge" 2022 - Domaine Matassa

Vin de France Rouge "Olla Rouge" - Matassa

Vin de France Rouge "Olla Rouge" by Domaine Matassa is a red wine that comes from a blend of Grenache Noir, Grenache Gris and Macabeu. The grapes come from vines planted on clayey-calcareous red soils, rich in iron. The three grapes are vinified together in a cement container. They ferment on the skins for about 2 weeks. Always refines in cement for 8 months. Vin de France Rouge "Coume de l'olla" is a light, fresh, enjoyable, salty wine that expresses hints of black currant, blueberries and small berries. Hymn to joy and drinkability.

Service

We recommend to taste it at a temperature of 16/18 ° in tulipano goblets. Wine to be drunk immediately but will express its best in a few years. It is advisable to keep it in a horizontal position in a cool, damp and dark cellar.

Pairing

A wine that goes wonderfully with salami appetizers, second courses of meat, to try with pasta with sauce.sse.

Cellar:  Matassa

Domaine Matassa is located in Calce a remote village at the foot of the Pyrenees in Cotes du Roussillon. It was founded in 2002 by Tom Lubbe, a native of New Zealand who has grown up in Africa and a winemaker in French wineries, and Sam Harrop, an oenologist with the aim of producing natural wines full of natural energy. Domaine Matassa is made up of small plots of very old vineyards, with an average age between 30 and 113, surrounded by Mediterranean scrubs. Twelve hectares of cultivated biodynamic varieties with native varieties such as; Macabeu, Muscat with petit grain, Moscato d'Alessandria, Grenache Gris for white grapes and Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre and Carignan for red ones. In the cellar only spontaneous fermentations, indigenous yeasts, refinements in concrete tanks or wooden barrels and minimum use of sulfur. The result of all this work are models, theses, nerves and minerals.