Winemaker Notes
This elegant and complex wine displays a very intense ruby red color, opening with aromas of ripe berries and sweet spices like nutmeg and cinnamon, while the beautifully structured palate reveals velvety tannins and a remarkably long finish that pairs exceptionally well with game, pork, lamb, and mutton.
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Decanter
From Cabernet Sauvignon vines planted in 2000, Renzo 2022 offers woody, blackcurrant and spice aromas and flavours. It's very intense and concentrated, as you might expect in this vintage, with lots of oak perfume. It's balanced by good acidity, and just needs more time to unwind.
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
An outstanding wine region made famous by Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, who planted Cabernet Sauvignon vines for his own consumption in 1940s on his San Guido estate, and called the resulting wine, Sassicaia. Today the region’s Tuscan reds are based on Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, which can be made as single varietal wines or blends. The local Sangiovese can make up no more than 50% of the blends. Today Sassicaia has its own DOC designation within the Bogheri DOC appellation.