Donnafugata - Tancredi Dolce Gabbana 2018 | Monsieur Touton Selection

Tasting notes

Featuring an intense ruby red color, Tancredi combines notes of fruit such as plums and blueberries, with delicate spicy hints of licorice and sweet tobacco. On the palate it unfolds all its enveloping and plentiful personality with perfectly integrated tannins; it ends with a long and elegant persistence.

Description

Dialogue with creativity: the name Tancredi recalls one of the protagonists of the Leopard, an inexhaustible source of inspiration also for Dolce&Gabbana; in the novel and in the film of the same name, Tancredi is the favorite nephew of the Prince of Salina, precisely because of his charm and ability to adapt to changes. With a passionate and irrefutably Sicilian character, Tancredi was born in 1990 from an innovative blend for that era of a native grape variety with an international one. Dolce&Gabbana has created the coordinated image of this “revolutionary” wine, paying homage precisely to the Leopard, and in particular to the contrast between tradition and modernity that Tancredi summarizes in itself: and while gold, blue and lines sinuous of Baroque inspiration celebrate the splendor of the aristocracy now in decline, red, green and pointed geometric figures refer to the new revolutionary values that are emerging in Sicily after the unification of Italy and which prelude to the contemporary history of the island.

Vinification

Fermentation in stainless steel with maceration on the skins for about 14 days at a temperature of 28 °-30° C, followed by aging for 12 months in oak and at least 2 years in bottle before release.
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Nero d’Avola, Tannat and other varieties.
Aging potential: to be enjoyed now; if well preserved, its longevity goes beyond 20 years.

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