Rollaball 2022 - Domaine Matassa

Rollaball - Matassa

The Rollaball by Domaine Matassa is a Carignan and Mourvedre based wine that comes from the Les Myrs plot located on "black lands" of shale and marl. Vinification with direct whole bunch pressing, followed by spontaneous fermentation lasting 5 months in concrete tanks. After another 5 months the wine is bottled without filtration or other additions. The ideal companion also for a pizza with family or friends in front of the favorite team's match.

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.