Mourvedre / Grenache
Totem 2023
Mataburro

Grape Variety: Grenache, Mourvèdre

Producer: Mataburro (Laurent Roger and Melissa Ingrand)

Region: Rivesaltes, Pyrénées-Orientales, Roussillon, France

Wild Scale: 3/5

Vegan friendly wine

13% alcohol

Winemaking: Organic Grenache Noir & Mourvèdre grapes from 70 year old vines were harvested by hand and underwent fermentation with indigenous yeast. Aged in old barrels and amphora vessels for 6 months. Bottled with no fining, filtration or added sulphur

This Wine: Medium bodied red that is graceful and delicate. Complex dark fruit flavours with a beautiful texture make this a bottle to take your time over. Very small production. This is the most structured Mataburro cuvée but still has the signature freshness and finesse. 

Notes on the Winemaker: Mataburro is the project of natural winemakers Laurent Roger and Melissa Ingrand in Rivesaltes which isn't far from Perpignan in the Pyrénées-Orientales region of Southern France. Laurent comes from a a family of winemakers who threw in the towel at the turn of the millenium when the sweet Muscat historically produced in this region fell out fashion in the global market. He had left his hometown of Rivesaltes to work in Paris where he fell in love with natural wine. To his father's amazement, he returned home with a clear vision to return to the vines that he had worked as a child. Inspired by time learning from natural wine legend Alain Castex, Laurent creates wines with amazing freshness considering the warm Mediterranean climate. Mataburro means Donkey Killer which refers to a railway that runs through the vineyard. When it opened in 1910, a train sadly killed 2 donkeys on the first day.