Wine Tasca d'Almerita Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
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Cabernet Sauvignon: 100%
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Tasting Notes
Cabernet Sauvignon has an intense ruby red color.
Cabernet Sauvignon - balanced wine with round tannins and an elegant finish.
The aroma Cabernet Sauvignon traced tones of ripe currants and wild berries with hints of vanilla, cinnamon, mint and wild fennel.
It goes well with a variety of meat dishes of lamb, beef, smoked meat with spices.
Interesting Facts
The question of who first landed in Sicily Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, until finally resolved, but what counts were among the founders of Tasca trend, no doubt. Giuseppe Tasca (son Lucho and chief enologist economy today) says: "In the early 1980s my father felt the huge potential of the French varieties and started as an experiment to deal with them. Initially, all these experiments were carried out in secret, because, first, my grandfather rejected such ideas, and secondly, these varieties while actually been banned in Sicily. " However, after the first release of Giuseppe Tasca Sr. believed in the promise of the idea, and later to the same conclusion was reached by the Sicilian wine-making and regulatory organizations.
Fermentation and maceration Cabernet Sauvignon conducted for 20 days in stainless steel at a controlled temperature of 20-28 ° C and subsequent malolactic fermentation.
The wine is aged 18 months in French oak barriques (Troncais and Allier) and 6 months in bottles. Wine storage potential is 6-8 years.
