The one blended Corsini wine. This, effectively, is the farm’s secondlabel, created to enable it to keep a high standard with its other wines (everything is estatebottled at Ruggeri Corsini; nothing is sold in bulk to traders, a fact that makes quality controlfor a wine like Matot particularly important). Matot is, as Nicola says, a glass of Piedmontesered. Based on Dolcetto, with varying percentages of Nebbiolo, Barbera, Albarossa and PinotNero.
-Importer notes (V59)
Clean and focused with blackberry and dark-bark aromas and flavors. Medium to full body and firm, creamy tannins with length and focus. Lavender and berries with chocolate undertones. Very polished and flavorful. Drink or hold.
This is a very old school Beaujolais in the best sense: beautiful garnet color, beguiling aromatics, and a burst of refreshment in the mouth—and that burst is a savory, mineral, toothsome thing because of the domaine’s high elevations and because of Brouilly’s meager volcanic soils. Some crus emphasize soil notes, others give fruit, but only good Côte de Brouilly gives stone in the flavor
-Importer notes (Roy Cloud-Vintage 59)
Scented nose with some fresh oranges, lemongrass, minerals and dried herbs. Medium-bodied and textured, with fresh acidity and a dry, linear, pure, medium-length finish. A well-made vermentino that drinks very well now.