Roussillon
El Carner Rouge - 2023 - Tom Lubbe
Domaine Matassa
El Carner means "The Ram" in the Catalan language... A wine that barrels ahead and overturns the rules! Successively red, rosé, or orange, with notes of cherry stone, nectarine, and thyme... The tannins are quite present, the acidity pleasant, and the finish is lovely and long.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 10.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
A blend of 60% Grenache gris and 40% Macabeu from a 0.5-hectare parcel of vines planted on a soil of lime, clay and slate, surrounded by garrigue. The estate is certified organic and uses biodynamic farming techniques. Yields: 25 hl/ha. Harvesting is done by hand, naturally. In the winery: co-maceration and fermentation for three weeks in 1000-litre Italian amphorae, with indigenous yeasts, then matured for eight months in the same amphorae. 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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