Mateus Sparkling Brut Rosé

Background

History

Mateus Rosé’s origin dates back to 1942, when Fernando van Zeller Guedes, created and launched an entirely new concept – a wine with a strong personality and unique flavour presented in an original and innovative bottle. These elements combined and together became strong brand properties of Mateus and quickly made it known and enjoyed worldwide. A powerful brand had been born.

Winemaking details

Mateus Rosé - Miguel Pessanha

Regional info

This wine is mainly made from Baga, the most widely planted varietal in the Bairrada Region, in Portugal. Famous for high levels of acidity and tannins, when it comes to rosé, this grape variety lends a fresh acidity and a strong character to produce wines with great personality. For this particular wine, the grapes are harvested early when they have nice fresh varietal flavours, bright acidity and less developed tannins. Gentle pressing followed by a slow fermentation at low temperatures retains much of the young and fresh characteristics and leads to the production of a clean and delicate base wine. These base wines then undergo a secondary fermentation in tank at 16◦C. It is a secondary fermentation that adds the distinctive sparkle and its trademark creamy and complex finish. The final wine is cold stabilised and bottled.