WTN: Two New Matthiasson Wines....(short/boring)

Digging deeper into my recent Matthiasson shipment, I tried last week:
1. Matthiasson RibollaGialla MatthiassonVnyd/NapaVlly (12.0%) 2018: Light gold/bronze color; some phenolic/ViniMacerati/resiny some white pepper/RG/spicy bit earthy/mineral bit complex nose; quite tart/tangy bit tannic/austere fairly phenolic/VM/resiny/slight graham cracker light RG/spicy/white pepper bit earthy/chalky bit lean/austere/metallic/severe some complex rather interesting flavor w/ light tannic bite; very long rather hard/austere/spikey some phenolic/VM light RG/spicy/peppery finish w/ light tannic bite; has a definite VM/phenolic character and a bit severe/hard/austere on the palate & not much fun to taste but should be very good/interesting in 4-6 yrs. $49.00
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2. Matthiasson G/S/M Helen'sGateVnyd/Rutherford/NapaVlly (26% Grenache/41% Syrah/33% Mourv; 13%) 2018: Dark color; strong Syrah/blackberry/some plummy/Mourv light strawberry/Grenache slight floral/lilacs light pencilly/oak slight dusty/loamy almost ContraCosta-like pleasant nose; quite tart/tangy bit earthy/dusty modest Syrah/blackberry/plummy/framboise light pencilly/oak rather lean/brittle flavor w/ modest lean/brisk tannins; long some blackberry/plummy/Syrah/strawberry finish w/ some tangy tannins; a somewhat brittle/sinewy/hard/tight GSM blend & don't see it dramatically improving but I could be fooled; just not particularly attractive right now. $28.00
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. Like most VM, the RG was not a real pleasure to taste this young. But I'm confident it will age into something quite good. Reminds me some of the Kabaj or Simcic RG from Friuli.
Tom

[David M. Bueker]

You hit upon my issue with a lot of the small production Matthiasson wines - they are no fun to drink.

The major bottlings are delicious. I don’t get the disconnect. It’s why I quit their club.

Anyone have any experience/thoughts on Tendu? Supposed to be their second wine.

FWIW, meant to try Matthiasson at our last live wine event, early 2020. But palate fatigue had already set in after about 20 tastings. I stopped. Want to do justice to each wine tasted. Too much respect for well-crafted wines. No saint here, just trying for wisdom. Thank goodness for my Designated Driver.

[David M. Bueker]

Have not tried the Tendu. Envoyer offered it a while back, and I was tempted, but with lots of other Matthiasson wines in the cellar I had to pass.