Winery: Bodegas Matsu                                       

Region: D.O. Toro

Vintage: 2023                                         

Bottle: 75 cl                                                    

Grape Varieties: 100% Tinta de Toro

Type: Young Red Wine

Alcohol Volume: 13.5 % vol.

Serving Temperature: 14º - 16º

Production:

The grapes come from a selection of 80–100-year-old Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo) vines producing low yields. The wine is organically farmed using biodynamic principles.

Manual harvest. Fermentation takes place in concrete vats at a controlled temperature of 24ºC. Short ageing of 3 months in oak barrels. This wine has not been filtered or clarified using aggressive methods to preserve its natural characteristics.

Tasting Notes:

A fresh, aromatic, flavour-filled wine. It displays a good intensity of dark fruit aromas, such as blackberries and blueberries, combined with mineral notes. A fresh entry on the palate with rich flavours, complexity, and good fruit extraction. Smooth, pleasant, and very easy-going wine.

Note: To be drunk over the next 3–4 years.

THE WINERY

Matsu is a modern project of sustainable viticulture that produces an exclusive collection of high-expression wines. All of its wines are natural and grown according to biodynamic farming principles. The vineyards are cultivated completely ecologically, avoiding any use of chemical or synthetic fungicides, herbicides, or insecticides. Matsu represents the essence of a natural wine.

Bodega Matsu is part of the Vintae Group, an innovative and dynamic enterprise that elaborates wine in eight different DOs throughout Spain. Founded in 1999 by Jose Miguel Arambarri, a passionate entrepreneur from La Rioja and a great connoisseur and enthusiast of the wine industry. Today, he leads the project together with his two sons, Ricardo and José Miguel, causing a revolution in the wine-growing sector by creating innovative wines that transmit passion while always keeping new customer tastes and tendencies in mind.