(€58.91 al lt)
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: 2019
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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.
PRIZES
It is a bottle which, like almost all the wines of the Tasca d'Almerita winery, boasts many and varied awards, including several Gold Medals at the China Wine Challenge, various Crowns from Good Wines of Italy, 3 glasses of Gambero Rosso, always very high marks from the various James Suckling, Doctor Wine, Robert Parker, The Winehunter.
The vintage we currently have available boasts:
2019 ROBERT PARKER 94/100
2019 JAMES SUCKLING 95/100
2019 FALSTAFF 95/100
2019 VINOUS 94/100
2019 WINE SPECTATOR 90/100
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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