2019 Paolo Leo Salice Salentino Riserva DOC Six fruit-charged Cabernet grapes

fruit-charged Cabernet grapes

a small hamlet in the Comune of Missaglia that’s about an hour north of Milan

80% of the vines are trained in the trellis method and 20% are bush trained

there are loam soils of variable depth

Just a few miles from the southernmost tip of the Italian peninsula is the lively agricultural center of Vittoria and the Contrada Bonincontro district - home to the large and impeccably groomed Cerasuolo di Vittoria vineyards planted exclusively with Nero d’Avola

2019 Paolo Leo Salice Salentino Riserva DOC Six fruit-charged Cabernet grapesThis has a bit of everything you want in a red wine! Tasting Notes A delicious red with plenty of ripe and juicy berry fruit, but all balanced by well judged oak, pleasant tannic structure, enough acidity to keep things fresh and some bottle age for added complexity. Vinification The harvest is at dawn. Stemming and soft pressing of the grapes. Fermentation at a controlled temperature of 25 C. 12 months in French oak barrels, 6 months in large oak