Wine Mateus ("Mateusz"): Mateus Rose, Mateus White Wine. Portuguese wines

Why do most buyers choose in favor of a particular brand of wine? Do they look at the appellation? Or clearly understand how terroir influences the properties of the drink? And maybe they are looking for a year on the bottle mileshima? No, as a rule, wine is chosen ... by the name of the brand.

One such big names is the wine Mateus Rose.

The most striking facts about the wine "Mateusz"

1. To date, more than 1 billion bottles have been sold.

2. Wine "Mateusz" can be bought in more than 125 countries.

3. This is the best-selling rose wine in the world, despite the tough competition.

Description and characteristics

Wine Mateus rose is a semi-dry rose wine. A bit fizzy. The fortress is 11 degrees.

Color - original and pleasant shade of pale pink color, with an easy transition to salmon.

The taste is soft, flowery, playful, fresh and juicy.

Brand History

The brand began its history shortly before the Second World War, in 1942, when the head of the family of winemakers Fernando van Zeller Gedes decided to create a sparkling rose wine to complement and diversify the line of already available red and white effervescent wines. The fact is that sparkling wines used at that time in great demand in Europe and America.

Connoisseurs of wine "Mateusz Rose" could not help but pay attention to the image of a certain architectural structure on the label. It is the palace of Mateusz, which is located near the town of Vila Real, which is in northern Portugal. It is a masterpiece of architecture and a finalist of the Seven Wonders of Portugal project. It was in its vicinity that the winery was built, on which the first bottles of the new wine were produced.

Curious fact: the palace was not the property of the Gedes family, so the winemakers paid for the right to use its image on their bottles. The owners of the palace had two options: to take a single payment or to receive deductions from each bottle. They preferred the first and, of course, lost a lot, because to date, sold more than a billion bottles. Even with a minimum payment, they would be billionaires today.

What determined success

1. The lucky moment. The Mateus wine matched the tastes of that time. The sparkling solemn wines, that is, the spumante wines, enjoyed great popularity, while in Portugal such drinks were not produced. Gedes was the first.
2. Bottle . Its shape resembles a soldier flask of the First World War. A very narrow neck passes into a pleasant drop-shaped roundness base. In addition to the fact that at that time it looked very original among the rows of classic bottles, the drink in such a bottle seemed close and understandable, because many of the memories of wartime were very fresh. Cork - only natural, because Portugal is proud to be the largest supplier of cork, but, unfortunately, recently many wines from Portugal are supplied under the screw cap.
3. Color . Technologically, wine is made almost the same as white, but for its novelty Gedes chose a different sort of grapes - red. When squeezing the juice for some time, it contacts the skin, just enough to get a weak pink color. The shade and taste of the wine was really unusual.

Access to the market

On the British market wine came out in the 50's and became one of the wines of mass consumption. The fact is that before the war this category simply did not exist. Wines were the subject of individual demand for individual segments of the population. Three brands - Black Tower and Blue Nun and Mateus Rosé - conquered the market. The sales and income of the Gedes family grew steadily. By the end of the 80s, a white version of the wine, Mateus White Wine, had been released, and by that time the Mateus brand Rosé held 40% of the total market (more than 3 million boxes in 100 countries).

Today, Portugal is not considered a major winemaking region for the production of rosé wines, much inferior to the internal volumes of Italy and France, but "Mateusz pink" is always among the top ten rosé wines.

Price list

How much does a wine from Portugal cost? This country delivers wines of different price categories. It is famous for its quality and affordable wine. Wine Mateus refers to the segment of relatively expensive wines (if you take it for every day). As of August 2016, prices are roughly the following:

• Sparkling wine Sogrape Vinhos, Mateus Rose Sparkling Brut 750 ml, ordinary wine bottle - 1156 rubles., With a discount - 1099 rubles.
• Classic Mateus Rose in a bottle-flask, 750 ml - 750 rubles., With a discount - 713 rubles.

How much is the wine Mateusch in Portugal itself? There it is sold for about 4 euros per bottle. It can be seen in every supermarket. Bottles, similar to a flask, still look catchy and attract attention.

Other wines "Mateusz"

Wine "Mateusz" quickly became a sign of the fashion of the 70's with her passion for everything bright and slightly extravagant, such as disco style and pants flared. The wine decorated every table, both festive and everyday.

By the 90s, sweet Portuguese wines had become less fashionable, and as a result, the company enriched its lineup with various variations of a well-known and beloved brand.

1. In 2005, Mateus Rosé Tempranillo appeared - a brighter color, fruity, with fervid strawberry notes, while at the same time it is well balanced by fresh acidity, resembles the original Mateus Rosé wine, that is, it can be liked by those who feel nostalgic for the 70th, but at the same time The same time is well suited to the spirit of modernity. For example, the bulk of buyers in Spain are young girls.
2. Mateus Sparkling. We will talk about the wine brut separately below. Also in this series of sparkling (sparkling - radiant, sparkling) wines, in addition to the pink belly, came a white dry wine and a pink semi-dry wine.
3. Mateus Blanco is a white semi-dry wine. This is the so-called quiet sparkling wine, that is, there is almost no carbon dioxide in it. Portuguese wines "Mateusz" is difficult to imagine without a description of the white variety. Light white wine Mateus has a fine citrus-fruit flavor. Very fresh, young, with a good balance of acidity. Light, barely noticeable carbonation makes the taste even more alive. This drink will be just great in the hot season.

Brut

Brut is a variety of sparkling wine with an extremely low sugar content. The sugar level is 0.3%, in addition, this wine is extremely low-calorie - only 64 kcal per 100 ml of the beverage. Its sonorous name - Brut - these wines were received because the British first estimated them. When the whole world was going crazy for sweet wines, it was in the UK that they were able to try out how much more each note of sparkling wine is revealed in the absence of sweets. Mateus Rose Brut is made in the best traditions of Mateus wine:

1. Pearl , that is, the game of bubbles - very beautiful. The vesicles are small and persistent, giving the guilt a living flicker.
2. The taste is velvety, with a pleasant live sourness. There are shades of strawberries and apricots. Aftertaste is creamy.
3. In the fragrance notes are felt floral, fruit (ripe raspberries, apple, pear), with a subtle touch of the smell of toasted bread.

Why submit wine Mateusz?

It is universal. Of course, gourmets make some distinctions between wine brands, offering light pink to combine with fat meat dishes, and strawberry-raspberry - with desserts. But in general, there are no restrictions, the wine "Mateusz" is soft enough, with a balanced taste, it will well emphasize cheese, fruit, red fish, grilled meat. Especially it will be appropriate in the hot season with light snacks and dishes, thanks to its freshness.

Some say it fits perfectly with Indian and Chinese cuisine.

Particularly pleased with the pink wine "Mateus" those who love cheese, but in stamps do not understand. Any kind will fit well with it! The fact is that white and red wines are more capricious in this sense, far from any cheese comes to red or white. And in pink dry, there is the necessary sourness and fruity, which makes it an ideal partner for cheese.

How to drink rose wine

The strict rule of drinking pink wine is that it is served chilled. If we are talking about an aperitif, then it is cooled to 8-10 ° C, if with some dishes, then up to 10-12 ° C.

Quality wine is drunk in small sips, only this way you can feel the full bouquet of flavors. The wine "Mateusz" also has a pronounced aftertaste - a creamy shade.

Pink wines are consumed by young people, maximum for 2 years after bottling. Years do not benefit them. Rose wine is freshness, brightness, lightness, tenderness and juiciness. In three years it will lose them, and, perhaps, so much that it becomes unpleasant for use. Years paint those wines that over the years acquire elegance and softness. In order not to be mistaken with the moment of wine discovery, you can refer to the table of the millesim where it is indicated in what year the appropriate harvest was and when this wine should be consumed.

Reviews

Even a cursory review of reviews of Mateus Rose allows you to make unexpected conclusions: it's really outstanding product for taste and other characteristics. Why the unexpected? Because, as a rule, the reviews are not so unambiguous, there will always be those who will deliver not five out of five, but four. The pink wine "Mateusz" is all unanimously given a top five, with the exception of individual buyers who put a deuce or a unit and describe a sour with a bitter aftertaste that unambiguously indicates: most likely, such a buyer stumbled upon a fake.

How do customers describe wine?

Its taste is called very light, but unusual. Very original and memorable, it's interesting to guess. There are slight acidic notes, thanks to which the wine is well refreshed in the heat. It's not cloying. But some people call it too soft, uncertain. Others, on the contrary, write that the taste is vivid, although it is really without sourness. Amazingly approaches to meat and seafood (squid, mussels, shellfish), it will well complement sushi, Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, as well as decorate salads and Italian dishes like lasagna and risotto.