Roussillon
Brutal Orange - 2023 - Tom Lubbe
Domaine Matassa
BRUTAL! It’s all in the title! A captivating nose of acacia flowers, blood orange, and jawbreaker candy... Palate: balanced, silky tannins, and with the added twist of a light effervescence, and a mineralesque finish.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 10 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
Ablanded cuvée of 70% Macabeu and 30% Grenache Blanc, from old vines pruned with the traditional gobelet method, and planted on a terroir of schist soils at 400 metres altitude, surrounded by garrigue. The estate is certified organic and uses biodynamic farming techniques. Vinification: maceration and fermentation of whole clusters for 15 days, with indigenous yeasts, then matured in demi-muid barrels of 500 liters. Bottled on the estate. Unfined, unfiltered, and zero sulphur added!
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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