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Matalaz (Toro)
The entry-level red 2024 Matalaz was produced with a mixture of Tempranillo, Mazuelo, Viura and very little Graciano (because he thinks it marks the blends too much) from vines in the villages of La Puebla de la Barca and Laguardia. It fermented in a semi-carbonic maceration in 6,500-liter oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in those vats for six to seven months. This is very clean, perfumed and expressive, a little creamier and with a little more approachable profile than the other reds. The 2024s were picked early and have contained ripeness, and this one has 13% alcohol with a pH of 3.6. It's clean, fine-boned and balanced, with fine tannins. This is a great step up from the 2023. 9,600 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2025.