Cabernet Franc
DOP Friuli Isonzo
Residual sugar
Dry
Terroir
Dry and windy site on a stony gravel plain with reddish clay rich in iron oxide and aluminium.
Grape
100% Cabernet Franc from old vineyards.
Training system
Double arched cane
Pest control
Low environmental impact integrated pest management.
Harvest period
Late September
Vinification
The grapes are gently destemmed and lightly crushed. Fermentation takes place in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. Frequent pumping over is carried out for a period of about three weeks, in order to extract color and aromas from the skins. The racking then takes place. The racking then takes place.
Ageing
The wine ages for 18 months. It is then bottled and aged in thermo-conditioned rooms.
Tasting Notes
Vintage 2019 | Alcohol 12.50% vol
Appearance
The wine is of a ruby red colour with purple notes; excellent clarity and lively reflections, witnessing its integrity and freshness.
Nose
Intense wine on the nose, complex enough to balance the herbaceous notes, peculiar of the grape, with red fruit sensations (cherry, just a little plum and fading wild strawberries nuances). With still very delicate notes of red flowers (peony and wisteria). With the oxygenation, it still releases elusive allusions of green pepper. Everything is perfectly blended.
Palate
The taste is fully expressed, revealing its dryness and offering an optimal alcohol balance. Tannins are well present, but not overlying. Excellent persistence and great sapidity, that remains in the mouth, suggesting well studied combinations.
Serving suggestions
Wine to be paired with red meat, also defined by a certain unctuousness. To match also with a goose breast or with pigeon, all meats to be interpreted with the highest attention.
Serving temperature
Recommended serving temperature of 16° - 17°C , taking care to let it breathe for a few minutes in the glass before tasting.
Vintage 2016 | Alcool 11.50% vol
Appearance
Ruby red with purple moderate intensity, day bright and medium clear.
Nose
Subtle herbaceous, fruity, spicy (Pepper), fresh, savory, fine and powerful.
Palate
With good body, convincing for its nose-palate correspondence, its freshness, distinctive. Pleasant drink, fluent awesome betrayer.
Serving suggestions
To drink without fear (declared 11,5% vol), first courses with pork meat (even slightly fat) pair well (for example Pasta with fresh salami sauce). Remarkable with Pasta Amatriciana.
Serving temperature
Taste wine at 15°C. Recommended aeration after uncorking.