Red with light garnet reflections. On the nose, hints of ripe cherry and plum, tobacco, licorice and balsamic notes. Elegant, ethereal, revealing great structure with a long, persistent finish and perfectly balanced tannins.

Wild game, red meat, elaborate main courses and flavorful cheese.

Maceration on the skins in the temperature-controlled automatic steel fermenters, with repeated pumping-overs and aeration until the complete conversion of sugars to alcohol. Racking and aging in contact with fine lees follow to facilitate malolactic fermentation.