Mateus Nicolau de Almeida "Mater Dome" Meda Tinto 2009 appellation_Wachau 22ppms so2

22ppms so2

Without the trees around

Like his other red wines

or sulfite addition

There’s a lovely sense of umami

Mateus Nicolau de Almeida "Mater Dome" Meda Tinto 2009 appellation_Wachau 22ppms so2Mateus 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