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Tasca Rosso del Conte 2017
£433.24
Current Price (inc. Tax)
6 bottle(s) at £72.21 per bottle.
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SKU
BK567857-17
Tasca Rosso del Conte 2017
- Grape Nero d’Avola (58%), Perricone (42%)
- Country Italy
- Region Palermo
- ABV 14.5 %
- Producer Tasca
- Case size 6/ 75cl
- Abv 14.5%
- French oak barrels 18 months
- An extremely complex, intense bouquet of wild berries, walnuts, cinnamon and tobacco leads to a richly concentrated, mouth-filling palate that combines thrilling old-vine depth with deftness and elegance. Exuberant, vibrant, and energetic in its youth, with ageing, it develops a velvety tactile texture without losing tone or taste progression. In its long history, it has known different stylistic variations, particularly in the ageing technique: chestnut barrels, Slavonian oak, and small French oak barrels. However, it always maintains its unique identity.
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1.2 g/l residual sugar7.12 g/l acidity3.27 pH
The vines are cultivated as bushes, the oldest and most widespread technique in the semi-arid regions of the Mediterranean. The planting density, amounting to 4,400 plants per hectare, is also classic and is realised by placing the vines at a distance of 1.5 metres from each other. On the Regaleali Estate, short pruning is adopted for ged varieties, with three spurs of two buds. Often, short pruning is carried out with a brace to tie up the shoots that develop strong spurs. The two varieties, Perricone and Nero d'Avala, have a similar vegetative cycle: they are fairly late grapes, which ripen on average between the end of September and the beginning of October. Faithful expression of the territory from which it comes - the high hills in the centre of Sicily - on an aromatic level, Rosso del Conte never exceeds in overripe notes while ensuring a full phenolic maturation. Exuberant, vibrant, and energetic in its youth, with ageing, it develops a velvety tactile texture without losing tone or taste progression. Its long history has known different stylistic variations, particularly in the ageing technique: chestnut barrels. Slavonian oak, small French oak barrels, while nevertheless maintaining its unique identity
| Price | £361.03 |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Vintage | 2017 |
| Bottles Per Case | 6 |
| Bottle Size | 75 |
| 2 cases 10% off | No |
| Winery | The large Regaleali estate, high in the central Sicilian hills, has been in the hands of the noble Tasca family since 1830. Ever since, the property has been run according to the best principles of the agricultural aristocracy, with one eye firmly on quality and the other on experimentation. Tasca’s large range is the product of the family’s most successful innovations, including short pruning for lower yields, the championing of local Inzolia and Nero d’Avola vines, the introduction of French varieties, and the use of barriques and temperature control. They have also been developing vineyards outside their main base at Regaleali. There is wonderful passito Malvasia made on the Aeolian island of Salina, and more recently, the family established their Tascante estate on the north-facing slopes of Mount Etna. The tradition and terroir of each location are captured with great clarity in the bottle. This is a singularly accomplished and increasingly complete range of Sicilian wines. |
| Keywords | Tasca, Rosso, Conte, Palermo |
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