DOC Lago di Corbara Cabernet Sauvignon

“Castello di Corbara” Lago di Corbara DOC Cabernet Sauvignon


Castello di Corbara's Lago di Corbara Doc Cabernet Sauvignon is obtained from carefully selected Cabernet Sauvignon grapes harvested from the precious "Ponticello" vineyard, a field made up by a medium-texture soil on alluvial substrata. Our firm takes great care of the vineyard since the earliest phenological phases, with the aim of always maintaining a good balance between the plants' production of leaves and its fruit output, according to the changes in climate. Once ripe, the bunches are harvested separately depending on the grape clone and on its field of origin, then, still kept separated with the same criteria, they are moved into steel containers at controlled temperatures, where vinification and maceration will take place for around 15-18 days. After the initial fermentation, the malolactic fermentation occurs and the wine is taken into small oak casks, where it remains for 12 months and is decanted only once in order to facilitate cleaning. It is finally bottle-aged for 5-6 months, then becoming suitable to be put on the market..

	100% Cabernet Sauvignon
	13,5% volume
	Hilly slopes at 150 m above sea level – south south-west exposure
	Ponticello
	Alluvial, presence of peebles
	cordon system, spur pruned with 6-8 buds
	no more than 70 quintals/hectare (circa 2.5 acres)
	last decade of September and early October; hand picked, selecting the bunches
	After picking the grapes, they are vinified at controlled temperatures of between 25 °-28° C. Maceration for 12-15 days through plunging of the cap
	The wine is transferred to small French oak casks for 12 months. Bottle-aging lasts from 5 to 6 months in a thermo-controlled wine cellar at 15°-16°C
	Bordolese: 75 cl
	intense ruby red
	varied fragrance with traces of wild red berries and ripe prunes, herbaceous nuances, tobacco and vanilla overtones
	full and rotund to the palate, soft tannins, enveloping with a lingering aftertaste

"For many years Castello di Corbara Winery has respected the environment, constantly monitoring the microclimate of its vineyards dispersed troughout its territory over 1000 hectares wide, in order to guarantee the production of utterly genuine wines representing a true expression of the grapes and of the land"