Mataro

Mataro is exactly the same grape as the Mourvèdre. The name is more commonly used in Australia but is also in French listings.   ...

MATARO: New World alias name for the Mourvedre grape variety. (See below).

Mourvedre/mataro—Spanish, Cõtes du Rhõne and Provençal reds, frequently of great distinction, particularly when vines are old and yields are kept in check. Does nicely in California.

Known as Mataro in the New World, Mourvèdre is also being produced in California. Late to ripen, Mourvèdre is adaptable to a wide range of soils and recovers well from frosts, yet it grows best in hot climates like those in Spain and southern France.

Select limited plantings occur in California where the variety is often called the Mataro, a relationship recently confirmed (3/98) by DNA analysis at UC Davis, ...

In Australia also known as Mataro, as Balzac in the Corowa region of New South Wales and as Esparte in the Great Western district of Victoria. In Spain the variety is known as Murviedro, Mataro, Monastrell, Morastell, l'Espar or Tinto.

A blend of Grenache, Carignan, Mataro (Mourvedre), Cabernet Sauvignon and Mavro (listed in decreasing proportions).  This wine showed a dark strawberry red, the nose giving up hints of wet earth with slightly sweet plum fruits.

Mourvèdre, Monastrell, or Mataro is a variety of wine grape grown around the world. It is Spain's second-most widely planted red wine grape after Garnacha Tinta and was once Provence's most popular grape.

In California, mourvédre was historically called mataro and losing ground until the demand for Rhõne-type varietals began to surge in the late 1980s. Even today, most of the 560 acres planted are in Contra Costa County. by Jim LaMar ...

A robust Mediterranean grape widely grown in the southern Rhone region of France, Spain, and in limited acreages of California. Used for color and body in red blends. Often called the Mataro in California, ...

Select limited plantings in California, where the grape is often called the Mataro, produce a wine that sometimes develops the "green tea-like" herbal character that Rhone region french growers refer to as "animale".

Mourvedre: Red winegrape from the Rhone valley blended with Grenache; also found in Spain where it is known as Monastrell or Mataro.

It is one of the 13 grapes found in Chateauneuf-du-Pape. The grape has a following in California where it is used for blending with Syrah or Zinfandel, or even bottled on its own. Sometimes called Mataro.

wines of this area are red and mainly produced with Shiraz grape. Other red berried grapes cultivated in Barossa Valley and occasionally used together with Shiraz, are Grenache Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Mourvèdre, here known as Mataro.

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