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2008 LA CASTELLANA Reserve Super Tuscan Blend, Napa

2008 LA CASTELLANA Reserve Super Tuscan Blend, Napa
Wine Specs
Vintage
2008
Varietal
70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 14% Sangiovese
Appellation
Napa Valley
Acid
6.1 g/L
PH
3.64
Residual Sugar
<0.1%
Alcohol %
14.6%
Wine Enthusiast
93
Robert Parker
90

2008 LA CASTELLANA Reserve Super Tuscan Blend, Napa

An elegant and noble Lady, our Super Tuscan wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sangiovese. She is aromatic and intense, with a compelling character all her own.

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AWARD WINNER-2013 American Fine Wine Competition - Gold
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It is an elegant, complex wine, with good depth, volume and balanced with very velvety tannins providing length and a smooth, lingering texture.is a purple-tinged wine with concentrated black fruit aromas.  The flavors are dense, with plum, sweet cherries, black currants and earth and spice in the mouth. Feminine, with sweet, focused red plum notes and hints of cranberry from the Sangiovese mingle with the expansive, spicy black pepper and black cherry of the Bordeaux varietals.

A wax sealed bottle is a beautiful addition to your wine rack, but can be intimidating when it comes time to open it. This is easier than you may think! Simply plunge your corkscrew through the wax, as if it were not even there. Lift the cork slightly and wipe any wax crumbles from the opening. Pull the cork the rest of the way out and enjoy!

We have produced a video showing how to open them.  Click Here to view the video.

Wine Profile
Awards
2013 American Fine Wine Competition - Gold
Winemaker Notes
The 2008 La Castellana is a purple-tinged wine with concentrated black fruit aromas - blackberry, black raspberry, and black cherry, with a creamy, rich, toasty oak bouquet. The rich structure and flavor of the wine is complemented by a lively acidity for excellent food pairing, and worthy of cellaring for up to 8-10 years.
Food Pairing Notes
This elegant "Super Tuscan" wine goes well with lamb, sausage, grilled steak, Venison or a great pasta dish such as Pappardelle with wild boar (Dario's favorite).
Other Notes
Beginning as early as the late 1960s, a few winemakers in Tuscany attempted to make more complex red wines by planting the classic Bordeaux red grape varieties. While they experimented with these wines as separate varietal blends excluding the regional variety, Sangiovese, they also tried omitting the small amount of the white variety “Malvasia bianca” traditionally added to Sangiovese to produce “Chianti Classico” in lieu of a blend with Bordeaux varietals (namely, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot) The term "Super Tuscan" describes a red wine made in this new style.
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