Cygnus DOC Tasca D'Almerita
Obtained from high hill Nero D'Avola grapes and Cabernet Sauvignon, Cygnus is an elegant, soft and sinuous Sicilian red wine. It is ideally dedicated to the composer Wagner who in 1881 completed "Parsifal" inspired by the swans of the small lake of Villa Tasca.
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Grapes: 58% Nero d’Avola and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation: Red - Sicilia DOC
Growing area: Regaleali Estate - Palermo - Sicily
Training system: espalier
Pruning system: guyot and spur-pruned cordon
Vines per Ha: 4,000 on average
Yield per Ha: 65 ql
Fermentation: traditional for reds, at 28°C
Maceration: two weeks
Malolactic Fermentation: full
Ageing: 14 months in 225 liter French oak barrels (Allier e Tronçais), 30% new, 70% second and third use
Alcohol Content: 14.5% Vol.
Wine Analytical Data: pH 3.41 - TA 6.19 g/l - RS 0.80 g/l - TE 34.10 g/l.
Colour: Ruby red of good intensity.
Bouquet: Mulberry, blackberry, raspberry, vanilla, tobacco and black pepper.
Taste: Fruity, fragrant with acidity soft and well balanced.
After taste: Sweet and persistent tannin.
Bottled by Conte Tasca D'Almerita Soc. Agr. to R. L. - Palermo - Italy in the Regaleali Estate - Sclafani Bagni - Italy
- Alcohol level
- 14.5%
- Grapes
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region
- Sicily
- Appellation
- Sicilia DOC
