Who said you need expensive
wine to enjoy wine?
I am
not easily convinced to buy low-priced wines that I haven’t tried before. Not
that I’m a snob but I believe that I cannot expect an RM40 bottle to taste good
enough, unless of course you just simply want alcohol in your mouth and down
your throat. It wouldn’t hurt much to add another RM15 – RM20 if you really
want to have an enjoyable wine. And for more experienced wine lovers, they’d
even add several hundred (or thousands) more to please their tastes.
For
us who are still learning to appreciate wine, we can stick to a price range of
RM55 – RM90 and I just discovered a new beautiful wine, which is surprisingly
only RM58!
Grape:
Baga Blend
Type:
Rose wine
Origin:
Portugal
Vintage:
Non-Vintage
Flavour:
Sweet
Body:
Light
Cork? Nope, screw cap
Price:
RM58.30 with GST
Where
to buy:
Supermarkets,
Jason’s or via www.winetalk.com.my
What
caught my eye was the unusual whiskey-like shape of the bottle. How often do
you see something like this in a wine shop? I’ve never heard of this wine
before and after some digging online, I was surprised to find a lot of
interesting facts about this wine brand.
Mateus
Rose is the first product of the Sogrape Vinhos S.A., a Portuguese winery founded
in 1942 by Fernando van Zeller Guedes. Sogrape continued to produce quality
wines with its style while it also expanded through acquisitions, diversifying
into other areas of the Portuguese wine industry. By 1980s, Sogrape has
succeeded to become the largest wine producer in Portugal. And it started with
this wine that I’m enjoying now…
I just love the light, sweet flavour of this wine. Very easy to drink (and finish the whole bottle myself). Check out the light fizz of this wine.
Some
interesting facts via Wikipedia:
- The Mateus Rose was among the brands found stockpiled in the vaults of Saddam Hussein’s palaces
- The Mateus brand was mentioned in the lyrics of the 1973 Elton John song entitled ‘Social Disease’
When
I first saw this bottle, I took a while trying to see if it really was rose
wine inside. The bottle color is green and it hides the real color of the wine.
But there’s great news. According to its brand site at www.mateusrose.com, there will be a clear
glass version of the Mateus rose! I wonder when it will reach our shores…
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| Mateus Rose Wine in clear glass bottle (photo from mateusrose.com) |
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| Mateus The Original Rose Wine (photo from mateusrose.com) |
Tasting
Notes via www.winetalk.com.my
Mateus
is an iconic Portuguese wine, created in 1942 and has been one of the most
popular wines in the World. Mateus Rosé Original is a light, fresh, young and
slightly sparkling wine; a rosé with a very appealing and bright hue, it is a
fresh and seductive wine with fine and intense bouquet and all the joviality of
young wines. In the mouth, it is a well balanced and tempting wine, brilliantly
complemented by a soft and slightly fizzy finish.
For
more beautiful, pink/rose wines, you can visit https://www.winetalk.com.my/all-wine/type/rose.html
To
know more about the brand Mateus, please visit the brand site at
