Roussillon
Matassa Rouge - 2020 - Tom Lubbe
Domaine Matassa
A concentrated nose, with notes of tart red fruits and smoke... Palate: subtle and smooth, and very mineral.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 11 %
- To drink from
- 2023 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
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From a parcel of very old Carignan (planted in 1900) and 25% Grenache Blanc and Gris, planted at 700 metres altitude on marl terraces. The estate is certified organic and uses biodynamic techniques. The grapes are harvested by hand. Vinification: a short maceration (4 days) with whole bunches of grapes and indigenous yeasts, followed by a prolonged maturation for 20 months in demi-muid barrels (this batch is a late bottling). Unfiltered, and zero added sulphur, bottled on the 5th of May 2022

Tom Lubbe
Tom Lubbe hails from South Africa. In France, he was one of the finest students of Gérard Gauby , thanks to whom he met Nathalie, Gérard’s sister, with whom he settled in 2001 in Calce, in a still unspoilt environment, where they founded the Domaine Matassa. After starting out small, the estate would slowly grow in size. Tom would acquire old, high altitude parcels where he produces...
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