| Grape variety :
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100% Cabernet Sauvignon
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| Vintage:
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2017
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| Analytical Profile:
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Alcohol: 13.5% vol. ; acidity: 5.30 g/l ; Residual sugar: 1.50 g/l
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| drinking temperature:
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16°C - 18°C
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| Eye:
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Deep dark ruby garnet with a black core and a delicate violet rim lightening.
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| Nose:
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Wonderfully typical, inviting Cabernet Sauvignon nose of currant, blackcurrant, red pepper, violet, also blackberry, some black tea, liquorice, graphite, bunches of herbs, tobacco, some lavender and dark chocolate.
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| Taste:
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Dense, powerful but very elegant and harmonious on the palate, again lots of warm, ripe fruit of blackberries, cassis, dried fruit, a little bit of sour cherries, fleshy red paprika, pleasantly salty minerality, fresh eucalyptus and peppermint, powerfully broad, flattering extract sweetness, which becomes dense fruit wonderfully underlined by the herbal spices, dark olives, pronounced roasted aromas, coffee beans, some tobacco, noticeable tanning rip, cocoa, smoked bacon.
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| Expansion:
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12 months in small oak barrels (100% new wood)
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| Vinification:
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Traditional mash fermentation in steel tanks at 30 °C, maceration 14 days, followed by malolactic fermentation.
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| Floor:
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sandy bottom
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| Yield per hectare:
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35 hl |
| Food accompaniment:
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Beef, light game dishes (e.g. fallow deer & Co.).
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| Evaluation:
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92 points - Falstaff
91 Points - À La Carte Wine Guide (2019)
5 glasses - Wine Guide Red - Alexander Jakabb
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| Allergens:
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contains sulphites |
