Ace of Spades

Pairs with cheeses and red meat .

Whole clusters aged for 6 months in stainless steel tanks. Bottled unfined and unfilitered.

Carbonic maceration, spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts.

In 2001 New Zealanders Tom Lubbe and (now MW) Sam Harrop purchased a small old vineyard high up in the hills of Coteaux du Fenouillèdes called Clos Matassa. The vineyard was run down at the time and planted with just old-vine Carignan. Fifteen years on Domaine Matassa is run solely by Tom has converted to Biodynamics increased its land-holding and now produces an array of wines from varieties including Muscat d’Alexandrie Maccabeu Grenache Gris Syrah and Mourvèdre.