2009 Mataro Limited Edition

This is the first edition of a straight Mataro from Red Edge. First some background: Mataro is the traditional Aussie name for the variety more commonly known as Mourvedre. So I use this same variety in 3 wines: as a minor component in the Degree, my Rhone blend if you like. Secondly as a greater part of my Spanish inspired blend, the Tempranillo Monastrell, Monastrell being the Spanish name. And now as a stand alone varietal wine. I selected 3 barrels of the unblended Mourvedre and bottled it, because I really liked the unique varietal characteristics. In France, Mourvedre is grown extensively in Bandol, where it makes a very serious, full bodied, long lived wine, and in the southern Rhone Valley, where it is a component of both Chateauneuf du Pape and Cote du Rhone generic wines.