Digital BW, The Print

I realise that choice of papers to print on is a subjective and 
personal preferance....but,it seems that most "fine art" and black 
and white printers prefer matte surfaces.There are drawbacks to this 
paper choice(less dmax,less detail(in general)....so....i'm 
wondering,what are the pluses to matte "fine art" papers?

thanks for your opinions(they may help me make my choices)

andy graham