Paleo IGT - Le Macchiole - 2021

75 cl

Parker: 97 points

Alcohol content: 14.5% vol.

Grape varieties: 100% Cabernet Franc

Vinification:

Matured for 22 months in medium to heavily toasted barriques.

Tasting note:

Sparkling, intense ruby colour with a fine violet sheen. Impressive, multi-layered nose with aromas of blackberries, plums and blackcurrants, underpinned by fine herbal notes. Full and compact on the palate, with lots of dark berry fruit, notes of tobacco and cedar, opens with firm, dense tannins, deep and long. The young wine was matured in barriques for 20 months, so this wine was only bottled in August.

Le Macchiole:

The 22 hectares of vineyards are extremely densely planted with around 10,000 vines per hectare and are cultivated organically. The grapes are very strictly selected. From the very beginning, the aim of the management was to maximise the characteristics of the terroir in the individual subzones on their own land.

The Le Macchiole winery has received numerous top ratings from wine critics to date. For its many years of service, it was recognised as the best winery in Italy by the Associazione Italiana Sommelier (AIS) in 2009 and two years later by the magazine Wine Enthusiast crowned winery of the year.