Orange - Macabeu
Matassa Brutal Blanc 2021
Where - Cote de Catalanes, France
What - Macabeu
Body - Medium
Style - Contemplate
In total, Domaine Matassa now consists of nearly 17 hectares of old vinesThe soils around Calce are predominantly schist and marl and the co-planted vineyards consist of Local varietals; Grenache Gris, Macabeu, Muscat d'Alexandrie, Muscat Petit-Grain, Grenache Noir, Lladonner Pelut, Carignan and Mourvedre. The wind battered vineyards in Fenouillèdes are old vine Carignan and Lladonner Pelut at 500-600m altitude on granitic soils.
The Matassa Brutal Blanc is unsulphured, alive and complex. Rich but light, floral and savoury, aromatic and lifted.