2020 Bella Terra Cabernet Appassimento

Tasting Notes: This is a decadent, grandiose and opulent wine, encapsulating everything you would want from the Appassimento style… and even more!

Rich, ripe, unctuous, full body… this is the quintessential Appassimento. The grapes were dried for 8 weeks and the wine was fermented in French barrels and aged for 34 months in 20% new French oak, which brings extra depth and extra layers, as well as more aging potential. On the nose, you get the cross-road between the Cabernet Franc and the Cabernet Sauvignon, from pencil lead to blackberry jam, all the way to black forest cake and black cherry. The raisiny aspect of the Appassimento is also easily detectable with fig jam and chocolate fudge. The palate is velvety, flamboyant and flawless, offering loads of dark fruit flavours like black plum, blackberry and black currant, but also ripe dark cherry, coffee grinds and fig jam. The never-ending finish is another reason why this wine is so special, offering a blend of oak spices, peppercorn and balanced sweetness. This is a very young wine with tremendous long-term potential. This wine will settle down (oak and tannins) over the next two years and will evolve gracefully for at least another decade. 

Food Pairing: Foie Gras Parfait or a rich Cheese Fondue.

Wine Information:

Alcohol: 17.0%

Residual Sugar: 4.5 g/L

Appellation: Four Mile Creek

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