Mateus Nicolau de Almeida "Mater Dome" Meda Tinto 2009 appellation_Wachau Brut nature

Brut nature

There’s a lovely sense of umami

- Demi Elder

but in the Loire he found a home making wine and following a path he did not imagine as a much younger man

Mateus Nicolau de Almeida "Mater Dome" Meda Tinto 2009 appellation_Wachau Brut natureMateus Nicolau de Almeida is a fifth generation winemaker in Portugal's Douro region. Hailing from a family with a deep history in Port production, Mateus has branched out to explore the different subzones of the Douro through the lens of dry red and white wines. He and his partner Teresa Ameztoy work everything organically and biodynamically and make their cellar named Shad's Winery, after the fish that used to swim from the Atlantic up the Douro