Aquilae Cabernet Sauvignon Terre Siciliane IGP 75 cl CVA
- Type: red - Terre Siciliane IGP
- Grape variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
- Number of bottles produced in the year: 30,000
- Production area: Canicattì (Agrigento), Sclafani Bagni, Monreale and Castellana Sicula (Palermo), Sommatino, Gela (Caltanissetta)
- Type of soil: silty-sandy soils, medium mixture with alkaline reaction due to active limestone;
- Altitude: from 200 m. at 600 m.
- Average age of the vines: 15 years
- Training system: mainly espalier, with a renewable and spurred cordon system;
- Plants per hectare : 4000 - 5000 Yield per hectare: 8 t. Harvest: late August, early September
- Fermentation: in steel and cement vats at 26 ° C. with four pumpovers per day
- Duration of maceration: 6/8 days Malolactic fermentation: completely carried out
- Aging: eight months in suitably coated concrete
- Refinement in bottle: three months before release
- Serving temperature: 18 ° C
- Recommended glass: medium, slightly rounded.
- Serving temperature: 18 ° C
- Recommended glass: medium, slightly rounded.
Last time this product was added to a cart: 2024-08-17
Tasting notes Color: deep and dark ruby; Nose: it lights up with dense and impeccable varietal notes of black currant and plum, which alternate with precious and characteristic hints of walnut husk, green pepper, tobacco and mint, very intense and seductive, fine and articulated; Palate: powerful and decisive, with a strong personality, it combines these basic characteristics in an excellent way with a progressive softness, which makes it dynamic and fresh, very authoritative, with snappy and lively tannins; Characteristics: energetic and elegant, it is a warm and robust wine that does not leave indifferent, impressive for its olfactory complexity and richness of taste, harmonious and of great persistence; Food pairings: we see it very well with pappardelle with wild boar sauce, with rigatoni alla matriciana and stewed lamb offal; the combination with veal cheek cooked in the same wine, sweet and sour lamb, pork shank with sauce is also convincing. Among the cheeses, the hard seasoned ones are preferred.
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