Portrait / Matassa, heavyweight in Roussillon
Created and run since 2001 by the South African Tom Lubbe, Winery Matassa has a passion for exceptional terroirs at altitudes of up to 600 metres.
After working in a number of South African estates and working for Gérard Gauby, Tom Lubbe settled in Calce in the Roussillon region of France and created Winery Matassa (named after a nearby river) in 2001. Beautiful but small plots of old vines are kept according to the precepts of biodynamics. Fifteen hectares to pamper, to accompany, in total freedom. Tom Lubbe's style is refined year after year on these magnificent terroirs, which reach an altitude of 600 metres, surrounded by garrigue and scattered between Calce and the heights of the Fenouillèdes.
The whites and the reds are precise, with intensity, freshness and depth, which makes these natural wines highly sought after today. A work already confirmed but which only makes official all the good that we think of the current shape of this valley of Agly which hides wonders! And Matassa is one of them, hands down.