Cantina Sant’Andrea Incontro al Circeo Rosso 2018
Incontro di Circeo Rosso by Cantina Sant’Andrea is a blend of Merlot 85% and Sangiovese 15%. The wine is intense ruby red, with characteristic, wild and complex fragrances on the nose of fruits and ripe pulp, mixed berries jam, marasca cherry and light aromatic hints.
On the palate Incontro di Circeo is dry, full, with great structure, softly tannic and persistent. This Italian red wine is very good to accompany grilled and roast meat, game, first courses with meat sauce and medium aged cheeses.
Vinification: the wine ages in small steel tanks for three months, followed by six months in oak barrels.
Recommended serving temperature 18-20°C.
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 polyphenols and anthocyan and to keep fine fragrance. At the end of the fermentation the wine is moved to small steel tanks for three months, then the second passage is to move it in oak barrels for six months. Finally 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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