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Wine Description
The Story
In the 1960s Remigio Bordini discovered a unique clone growing in Veneto, a vine clearly from the Cabernet family that also betrayed distinctive Merlot traits. Wolf and Bettina Rogosky were looking for something special to grow on their tiny 2.5ha Tuscan estate 420 meters above sea level, and this Cabernet Franc / Merlot mutation, known as Caberlot, was the perfect fit. The first plantings were made in 1985 and the first wine was made in 1988,...
Wine Information
High-toned, red and dark berry fruit. Intense, refreshing and streamlined. Fruity, plummy flavours are complimented by a gently austere rockiness with hints of rock salt, herb and cassis leaf, too. Refined and a little reserved, but there is also something extremely moreish and drinkable about this. A beauty. Only Made from a unique Cabernet Franc Merlot mutation grown on a rocky hill north of Siena in Tuscany at 420 meters above sea level. Th...
