Fatagione Cottanera

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Cottanera have created a blend with 15% of international varieties (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot), which definitely adds fruit and richness to this easy-going cuvee. The fruit is leathery, backed up by taut tannins, and there's an enticing spicy, vegetal note to the nose. Barrique aging has been well judged to round out the palate, without dominating it.

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Fatagione Cottanera
Cottanera have created a blend with 15% of international varieties (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot), which definitely adds fruit and richness to this easy-going cuvee. The fruit is leathery, backed up by taut tannins, and there's an enticing spicy, vegetal note to the nose. Barrique aging has been well judged to round out the palate, without dominating it.
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Vines: 85% Nerello Mascalese, 15% Nero d’Avola

Soil: lavic

Production: 8 t/ha

From the growth: cordon spur

Vinification: alternation of pump-over and punching down the cap

Maceration: ten days for Nerello Mascalese, eighteen days for Nero d’Avola

Ageing: malolactic fermentation in barrels of French Tronçais oak at a medium toasting, 80% new, 20% second passing. The period of permanence in wood is 12 months

Colour: steals pomegranate

Nose: yielded, floral, spiced

Palate: elegant, rich, tannic

Analytic data: alcool 14.5°, pH 3.4, total acidity 6.0 g/l.

Characteristics: good rubin color of Nerello Mascalese, intense and elegant taste, with notes of fruit of brushwood, strawberries, raspberries and cherry

Food Pairing Suggestions: pescestocco, skewers of meat, roast.