2023 Memo

This Mataburro cuvee called Memo is Laurent and Melissa’s white wine and a wonderful wine it is! Made from 100% Macabeo (Macabeu), it is saline, mineral, very energetic and with a lovely, light, lingering freshness. The vines for this wine are very old as they were planted 70 years ago and grow on clay and pebbles in Espira-de-l’Agly. A maceration of whole bunches of Macabeu (5 days for one fibreglass tank and 7 for the other with no intervention during that time). After pressing the wine was...Read More...

This Mataburro cuvee called Memo is Laurent and Melissa’s white wine and a wonderful wine it is! Made from 100% Macabeo (Macabeu), it is saline, mineral, very energetic and with a lovely, light, lingering freshness. The vines for this wine are very old as they were planted 70 years ago and grow on clay and pebbles in Espira-de-l’Agly.

A maceration of whole bunches of Macabeu (5 days for one fibreglass tank and 7 for the other with no intervention during that time). After pressing the wine was aged in fibreglass.

For those of you who are interested in the effect of climate change on vignerons in France, consider the fact that August is traditionally the month that everyone takes their vacation. They return to work at the end of August and then start preparing for the harvest.

However, this year the grapes ripened early due to the higher temperatures experienced during the summer. Laurent and Melissa were preparing to pick the Macabeu in the middle of the month, but ended up picking starting on the 5th August!

This wine has no additions, including no added sulphites, and no fining or filtration. It clocks in at only 11% alcohol. - Living Wines, Importer. 

 

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