Matsu El Pícaro
Red wine Young Vegan. 3 months in French oak barrels.
Matsu El Pícaro 2023 is a youthful red wine with a purplish hue. On the nose, it offers intense aromas of fruits such as blackberries and raspberries, accompanied by notes of gummy candies and blackberry jam, with a spicy hint of liquorice. On the palate, it is intense and powerful, with a sweet and pleasant entry. Its fluid profile makes it easy to drink, leaving a lasting impression.
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About Matsu El Pícaro
El Pícaro is a young red wine from Toro made with Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo) grapes from vines between 50 and 70 years old.
This wine is produced by Bodega Matsu and is a wine that does not interfere with natural processes, guided by biodynamic viticulture methods.
For its preparation, the harvest is done manually during the first half of October and is transported in boxes and small trailers.
Subsequently, fermentation takes place in concrete tanks of 15,000 kg, the temperature does not exceed 24ºC to maintain freshness in the fruit that characterizes this wine.
Malolactic fermentation takes place in French oak barrels, once complete, it is neither filtered nor clarified, trying to preserve its natural features.
Finally El Pícaro spends three months in wooden barrels.
2023 | Matsu El Pícaro 2023 is a youthful red wine with a purplish hue. On the nose, it offers intense aromas of fruits such as blackberries and raspberries, accompanied by notes of gummy candies and blackberry jam, with a spicy hint of liquorice. On the palate, it is intense and powerful, with a sweet and pleasant entry. Its fluid profile makes it easy to drink, leaving a lasting impression. |
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2022 | Matsu El Pícaro 2022 is a red wine with sweet aromas of jelly beans, blackberry jam and a touch of liquorice. Powerful on the palate, but with a very pleasant mid-palate thanks to its controlled acidity and round tannins. A red wine with a refreshing, intense and delicious youth. | |
2021 | Matsu El Pícaro 2021 is a succulent and fruity red wine that, on the nose, presents enticingly sweet aromas reminiscent of fruit jellies and blackberry jam, embellished with a hint of licorice. On the palate, it is pleasantly flavorful, courtesy of its sweet tannins. An intense and robust red wine, it embodies the vigor and alluring audacity of youth. | |
2020 | Matsu El Pícaro 2020 is a pleasant red wine with intense aromas of ripe fruit, liquorice notes and hints of spice. On the palate it’s concentrated, sweet and enveloping. A wine with a coarse entry, but a fresh, refined and subtly mineral passage. |
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2019 | Matsu El Pícaro 2019 is a succulent red wine boasting a bouquet rich in fruity aromas interlaced with earthy undertones. On the palate, it is meaty, supple, and invigorating. This full-bodied wine with its enticingly sweet tannins glides effortlessly, beckoning for another glass. |
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2017 | Matsu El Pícaro 2017 is a fruity and linear wine. This vintage is distinguished by a greater concentration due to the lack of rain. A wine to enjoy in its youth thanks to its explosion of fruit. | |
2014 | Fruity sensations, structured and glossy. Purplish colour and high robe which shows its youth. Intense aroma of black fruits like blackberries and blueberries prevailing over red fruits. Mineral notes are also noticed, thus creating a fresh but complex wine. |
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2013 | Fruity sensations stand out in the mouth. This wine is full-bodied yet leaves, at the same time, sweet and pleasant sensations provided by the ripe grapes. Purplish colour and high robe which show its youth. Intense aroma with black fruits like blackberries and blueberries prevailing over red fruits. Mineral notes are also noticed, thus creating a fresh but complex wine. |
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2012 | In the mouth, fruity sensations stand out. We perceive a full-bodied wine that leaves, at the same time, sweet and pleasant sensations provided by the ripeness of the grapes it was made of. Purplish colour and high robe which show its youth. Intense aroma in which black fruits such as blackberries and blueberries stand out over red fruits. Mineral notes are also noticed, thus creating a fresh but complex wine. |
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2011 | Good and powerful, very nice attack. Red berries appear in the background as toasted aromas gain ground. Velvety and delicious mid palate. It shows slightly dry sweet tannins. Very good finish which leaves tasty and sweety sensations.
One of the best young wines from Toro.
High robe intense cherry colour with violet edges. Clean and bright. Very fruity wine with notes of red fruit in the foreground which gain in complexity as its subtle floral notes emerge along with touches of vanilla on a slightly mineral background. |
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2010 | Good and powerful, very nice attack. Red berries appear in the background as toasted aromas gain ground. Velvety and delicious mid palate. It shows slightly dry sweet tannins. Very good finish which leaves tasty and sweety sensations.
One of the best young wines from Toro.
High robe intense cherry colour with violet edges. Clean and bright. Very fruity wine with notes of red fruit in the foreground which gain in complexity as its subtle floral notes emerge along with touches of vanilla on a slightly mineral background. |
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2011 | IWSC 2012, Silver Medal Decanter WWA 2012, Bronze Medal |