Country: Italy  Region: Tuscany

Vintage: 2019 Colour: Red

PRODUCER
The Capezzana estate, 24 kilometres north west of Florence, is
owned by the Contini Bonacossi family. The younger generation is
now firmly in charge of the estate's 80 hectares of vineyard, with
daughter Benedetta Contini Bonacossi as winemaker and
Francesco Bernabei as consultant winemaker. The wines and the
olive oil have an elegance which marks this estate out from the
crowd.

VINEYARDS
The grapes for this wine are grown on the estate's 80 hectares of
vineyard which are situated at approximately 150-200 metres
above sea level, and face south, south-east and south-west. Soils
are schistous clay with limestone

VINIFICATION

Barco Reale is a younger version of the Carmignano from
Capezzana, as the fruit is sourced from slightly younger vines in the
same vineyards. Fermentation lasted seven days in temperature controlled, stainless-steel vats followed by a seven day
maceration. The wine was matured in 24 hectolitre Allier oak
barrels for 6-8 months before bottling, followed by three months in
bottle before release.
TASTING NOTES
This wine is deep purple in colour with ruby red highlights. On the
nose, cherry and plum aromas are complemented by a touch of
oak. Rounded and ripe on the palate, it shows lovely balanced
fruit and tannin structure. There is a hint of spiced berries on the
long, elegant finish