Brutal Orange 2023 - Matassa

Brutal Orange - Matassa

The Brutal Orange di Matassa is a rich and aromatic wine obtained only from Macabeo grapes. The grapes are harvested by hand and left to ferment with the skins for about four weeks. There is a lot of slate in the soil of these vineyards. After fermentation, the wine matures in neutral Demi-Muids. The wine is not filtered or clarified and only a small amount of sulphites are added during bottling. Dry and full-bodied wine, it has an extraordinary liveliness and freshness, to which a pleasant acidity gives a great depth. Label originally produced for the legendary Bar Brutal in Barcelona

Service

We recommend tasting it at a 10/12° temperature in tulipes glasses. The Brutal Orange 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 orange is  marvelously accompanies second courses of fish.

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.