El Carner Rouge 2022 - Matassa

El Carner Rouge  - Matassa

El Carner Rouge by Matassa is a mix of Grenache Gris and Macabeu. Maceration and fermentation for one month in 1,000 liter Italian amphorae, indigenous yeasts, then maturation for 8 months in the same amphorae.

Service

We recommend tasting it at a 16/18° temperature in tulipes glasses. The Carner 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 Carner 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.