Roussillon
Brutal Rouge - 2022 - Tom Lubbe
Domaine Matassa
BRUTAL! It’s all in the title! An intense nose of sour cherries, blackcurrant, fresh cut grass... On the palate: lip-smacking, balanced, eminently drinkable, incredible freshness.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 10.5 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2027
- rock’n’roll
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A blended cuvée of 60% Syrah and 40% Muscat Petit Grains, from vines planted on terroirs of black slate and clay-limestone, respectfully, and with high iron content. All the vines are pruned using the traditional gobelet method and are surrounded by garrigue. The estate is certified organic and uses biodynamic farming techniques. Vinification: maceration of whole clusters of both grapes for 2 weeks, slow, gentle pressing, fermentation with indigenous yeasts and aging in vats for nine months. Bottled on the estate, 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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