2023 Mataburro Mura Mura

WINEMAKER: Laurent Roger & Melissa Ingrand
REGION: Roussillon, FR
VARIETY: Grenache Noir, Merlot, Muscat à Petits Grains, Muscat d'Alexandrie
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

"Mura Mura comes together from three parts, picked at different times. The first part, which was macerated for 2 days, contains Muscat à Petits Grains, Merlot and a little Grenache Noir. Part 2 is Grenache Noir and Merlot, with 2 days of maceration. The final part is from a maceration of Muscat d'Alexandrie (7-10 days). Eventually all the parts are racked and assembled prior to bottling. 11.5% ABV" - Living Wines

Mataburro is a small domaine established in Roussillon by rising stars Laurent Roger & Melissa Ingrand. Laurent worked for several years at the venerable Paris bar à vin Le Verre Volé and after that returned to Roussillon to work directly with Alain Castex, then of Le Casot des Mailloles. Towards the end of 2017, armed with what he had learned from Castex, he and Melissa took over the remaining three hectare vineyard from his father, swiftly converting to organics and biodynamics. Alain Castex taught Laurent the importance of the soil. He also had this concept reinforced by Tom Lubbe and Axel Prüfer.