Vigna San Francesco Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 DOC Sicily - Tasca d'Almerita Tenuta Regaleali
Vigna San Francesco, a piece of history of the Tasca d'Almerita winery
Vigna San Francesco is made from Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from Tenuta Regaleali, the most historic estate of the Tasca d'Almerita winery.
It is a wine with a good body, which has a good aromatic intensity and which has good tannins.
It has boasted many and varied awards over the years, since its birth in 1959, from Gold Medals at the World Competition in Brussels to Three Glasses from Gambero Rosso, to various Crowns of Vinibuoni d'Italia. This vintage in particular boasts very high ratings from James Suckling, Dottor Wine, I vini di Veronelli and The Winehunter.
Vintage: 2021
A historic wine from the Tasca d'Almerita winery, Vigna San Francesco
HISTORY
Vigna San Francesco was born in the Regaleali estate, the most historic estate of the Tasca d'Almerita winery.
It is a Sicilian white wine with great historicity, which comes from Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and which ages in large barriques for 18 months.
A very powerful and very fresh wine.
DATA SHEET
VARIETIES: Cabernet Sauvignon
NAME: Rosso Sicilia DOC
WINE GROWING AREA: Tenuta Regaleali – Palermo – Sicily
VINEYARDS: San Francesco of 9 hectares
YEAR OF PLANT: 1985
EXPOSURE: South/East
Training system: espalier
Type of pruning: spur
Stock density per ha: 3,490
Grape yield per hectare: 90 quintals
Harvest period: 21 September 2019
Fermentation: traditional in red in stainless steel tanks
Fermentation temperature: 20-28°C
Duration in contact with the skins: 20 days
Malolactic fermentation: completely carried out
Aging: in 225 liter French oak barrels (Allier and Tronçais), 100% new for 18 months
Alcohol content: 14% Vol.
Analytical data of the wine: pH 3.60 – AT 4.91 g/l – ZR 0.8 g/l – ET 32.40 g/l
Contains sulfites
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