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Sandlands, Mataro 'Contra Costa', 2024

Red Wine from California, United States
by Sandlands
$35.99
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Mataro is the old California name for Mourvedre, and Contra Costa County's sandy Oakley plots are its spiritual home. Tegan Passalacqua's Sandlands version draws from gnarled, head-trained, own-rooted vines well over a century old, planted in the deep silica sands that protected them from phylloxera and starved them into intensity. Tegan's hand is barely visible: native fermentations, neutral wood, no extraction tricks, just the rugged dark-fruited, mineral, almost wild expression that these vines have been giving for generations. A wine that makes the case for California as a Mediterranean wine country and a small but vital piece of West Coast viticultural history in every bottle.

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Antonio Galloni

97 points

"The 2024 Mataro (Contra Costa County), from vines planted in 1922, is one of the most profound, riveting wines I have tasted from Sandlands. A huge, vertical wine, the 2024 impresses with its energy and power. Black cherry fruit, gravel, incense, tobacco and spice infuse the palate with tremendous flavor and textural intensity. All of this fruit is from Oakley Road Vineyard. What a wine!" —Antonio Galloni

More about Sandlands

Tegan Passalacqua, Winemaker of the Year, builds Sandlands around forgotten California grape varieties and site-specific precision. These are wines about place, not ego—low yields, old vineyards, real depth in the glass.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Mataro

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Grilled lamb, braised short ribs, herb-roasted leg of lamb, cassoulet, smoked duck, charcuterie, or aged Manchego. Welcomes anything cooked over wood or smoke and seasoned with rosemary, thyme, or olives.

Tasting Profile

Medium- to full-bodied, savory, and wild. Black cherry, plum skin, dried lavender, garrigue, black olive, leather, and crushed stone. Firm but ripe tannins, electric acidity, and a long, saline, gently gamy finish.

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