Máté Winery

Máté Winery’s History and Terroir

Máté Winery is a family-run company in the prestigious area of ​​Santa Restituta, temperate and exposed to winds from the sea. Immersed in 27 hectares of Mediterranean scrub and wild plants there are 6.5 hectares of vineyards, characterized by a great variety of “terroirs” ranging from 300 to 400 meters above sea level. Not only unspoiled nature but also a place full of history, the current home of the Máté family, in the past it was the convent of the Pieve di Santa Restituta, dated around the 13th century, and has been restored in the most faithful way to the original structure.

A very young Ferenc Máté, escapes from Hungary, together with his mother following the 1956 Revolution and finds refuge in Canada in Vancouver. Right here he will meet Candace, with whom he will begin years of traveling around the world following the common passions: sailing and the arts, he writer and photographer, she painter, until he arrived in Tuscany in the early 90s. A love at first sight for this land to which Ferenc will dedicate several highly successful books all over the world. After the first years dedicated to the restoration of the convent, work began on planting the vineyard in 1996.

The Philosophy of the wines of Máté Winery

The project is followed by Fabrizio Moltard, agronomist of the neighbor, Angelo Gaja. The high density of 6200 plants / ha is chosen, which makes Máté the first company in Montalcino to take this path. Several vines are planted following the characteristics of the company’s varied terroir. Sangiovese on both galestro and on fossil debris and tuff, Merlot on clay soil, Cabernet Sauvignon on clay soil, finally Syrah is found on terraces rich in minerals. 

The wines of Máté Winery

Harvest and all processes in the cellar are manual, fermentation in small steel tanks at controlled temperature or in wooden vats. Aging in barriques, tonneaux and in large 40 hl oak barrels from Allier- France. All company productions express their respective vines in purity.

Màté – Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2015 – Màté Winery