Cantina Sant’Andrea Riflessi Rosso 2021
Riflessi Rosso by Cantina Sant’Andrea is a fresh and juicy wine made from 100% Merlot grapes. The wine colour is deep ruby red. It is intense, winy, with violet, cherry and raspberry hints on the nose and has a good structure, with pleasant aromatic notes and light tannins on the palate.
Its structure and its characteristics make this wine perfect to go with meat courses, grilled meat or first courses with tomato sauce or meat sauce.
How is the wine made?
Maceration takes place in specific wine-maker to obtain the extraction of polyphenols. The duration of the maceration depends on the quality of the grapes anyway it lasts about 6/8 days. During this delicate passage the temperature is around 24/26°C in order to extract the right color and the fine fragrance. At the end of the fermentation the wine is moved to small steel tanks for three months, then there is the bottling, where the wine rests for a month to improve itself before to be sold.
About the winery
The history of Cantine Sant’Andrea started in the Sicilian island where Andrea I Pandolfo was cultivating the small vineyards of Zibibbo grapes.
Currently the winery grows wine in three main vineyards: the vineyard in Aprilia that they call ‘the heart of production of the farm’; the historical vineyard in Borgo Vodice, and the Vineyard in Terracina, 400 metres above sea level, producing Muscat of Terracina, then Cesanese of Terracina, Aleatico and Abbuoto or Cecubo (this last one was already produced by Romans).
Sant’Andrea also has a special kosher wine range.
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