We love Payten & Jones’ wines anyway (you can find more of them on our website and in-store), and when we saw this wine pop up on their Instagram it tickled us a lot. We dropped them DM asking how we could get hold of some & they were kind enough to sling a few dozen onto a pallet headed to these shores. That’s how we ended up as the exclusive UK stockist of this wonderfully labelled, delicious, homage to a true legend of the internet. IYKYK.
Here’s what P&J have to say about it:
Mataro, Mourvèdre, Monastrell – The same grape, just with a different name. Oh, and it’s also known as Balzac.
Yes, Jonesy and Payto were sniggering for 2 hours after finding this out. Idiots. Still, a memorable name.
Vintage 2024 was extremely memorable also. So to commemorate this vintage and variety, we thought we’d honour the memory of a legend who passed in 2024.
People, this is Mataro Manifest.
Wild berry ferment. Nine months on skins. Fun, bright & textual.
Lovely red fruit with supple but complex savoury edges from the 7 months on skins. A medium bodied red, excellent chilled for the warmer months or room temp in winter. Pair it with red sauce based meals or even better – a Succulent Chinese Meal.
This is an extremely limited wine – only 200 dozen made and we are already allocating out to our mates.
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