Brutal Rouge 2022 - Matassa

Brutal Rouge - Matassa

Brutal Rouge di Matassa is a wine obtained from a blend of Syrah and Muscat. Manual harvest. Short maceration in whole bunches, fermentation with indigenous yeasts, aging for 10 months in barrique. A wine that amazes, because it combines lightness and an incredible aroma, drinkability and a graceful yet present body. A wine destined to strike anyone who drinks it. Very good

Service

We recommend tasting it at a 16/18 ° temperature in Tulipes. The Matassa Rouge is to swim immediately but will express the best of itself in a few years. It is recommended to keep it in a horizontal position in a fresh, damp, dark cellar.

Pairing

The brutal Rouge marvelously accompanies second courses of meat, to be tried with a lamb cutlet at the bowl.

Cellar: Matassa 

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.