Matassa
Tom Lubbe (Calce, France)

There’s really not much to say here about Tom Lubbe, now Roussillon royalty, and his Matassa domaine located in Calce. These are gateway wines for so many natural wine initiates, and yet they still hit every year—quenching stuff with that border tension that only juice from the Côtes Catalanes seems to have.
Blanc 2021
Grenache Gris / Macabeu
$44
Rouge 2021
Carignan
$44
Coume de l’Olla 2021
Macabeu / Muscat d'Alexandria / Muscat Petits Grains
$30
Cuvée Alexandria 2021
Muscat d’Alexandria
$38
Cuvée Marguerite 2021
Muscats / Macabeu
$37
Cuvée Romanissa 2021
Carignan / Grenache
$39