Cabernet Sauvignon Contarini

Vineyard location and characteristics

This wine is born in the best wine growing area of the Buje region called Contarini-Brazzania where a low yield per hectare allows for the production of extraordinary wines. The vineyards are laid out in an amphitheatre fashion, helping them to ideally utilize the local climate and the mineral-rich white soil.

Vinification and maturing

Alcohol fermentation begins at temperatures ranging from 18 to 25 °C for a duration of 15 to 20 days. The malolactic fermentation and the maturation period take place over 36 months in small oak casks which help pair the rich and noble aromas of wood and grape. What follows next is the blending and the ageing of wine in a big wooden barrel over the span of a two years, finishing with an additional 6 months spent in a bottle where the wine is further matured and balanced.

Color

Opaque dark ruby red

Bouquet

Blackcurrant leads the fruity side of this wine, it is joined by aromas of fine cedar wood, leather and cinnamon, with time black pepper and a refined fern finale appear

Taste

The interplay of freshness and warmth build an firework of flavors, juicy fruitiness and strong tannins, which are already refined, rounded, but still firm, hold the balance of the wine. Notes of blackcurrant and cinnamon, which we discovered when smelling the wine, appear again, black coffee joins in at the end

Gastronomic recommendation

An ideal accompaniment to red meat dishes, goes wonderfully with lamb and medium-aged cheeses.