Cygnus Tenuta Regaleali - Tasca d'Almerita 2020
Tasca d'Almerita

Cygnus Tenuta Regaleali - Tasca d'Almerita 2020

Cygnus is a red wine Sicilian fruity, smooth and round, made from Nero d'Avola and Cabernet Sauvignon, aged in barrique for 14 months. Blackberries, cherries, flowers, berries, sweet spices and tobacco animate a rich and vigorous sip, with good and balanced aromatic intensity

19,50 
Awards
2 Gambero Rosso
4 Bibenda
91 James Suckling

Features

Denomination

Terre Siciliane IGT

Vines

Nero d'Avola 60%, Cabernet Sauvignon 40%

Tipologia

Alcohol content

13.5 %

Format

75 cl Bottle

Vineyards

In Regaleali Estate, in the center of Sicily, with cold winters and high temperature range summers, at an altitude of 450-900 m. above sea level

Vinification

Traditional red for 14 days at 28°C, is completely carried out even malolactic fermentation

Aging

14 months in French barriques, 30% new and 70% of second and third passage

Additional Notes

Contains sulfites

CYGNUS TENUTA REGALEALI - TASCA D'ALMERITA 2020 DESCRIPTION

Tenuta Regaleali Tasca d'Almerita 'Cygnus' is a red wine skilful in combining the Mediterranean warmth of Nero d'Avola and the distinctive character of Cabernet Sauvignon, in a rich and harmonious marriage. This label is a tribute to Richard Wagner, the German composer who, in the garden of Villa Tasca in Palermo, completed the third act of his opera 'Parsifal' in 1881, inspired by the swans that lived in the estate's pond.
The 'Cygnus' Tenuta Regaleali by Tasca d'Almerita is made from a blend of Nero d'Avola (60%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (40%), varieties cultivated on espalier trellises in the high hills at an altitude between 450 and 900 metres above sea level. The grapes undergo classic red vinification with alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature, two weeks of maceration on the skins and complete malolactic fermentation. Once the fermentation processes are complete, the wine spends about 14 months ageing in 225-litre French Allier and Tronçais oak barriques, 30% new and 70% second and third passage.
To the eye, the Sicilian 'Cygnus' blend from the renowned Tasca d'Almerita - Tenuta Regaleali winery has an intense ruby red colour. The aromatic spectrum is vivid and fruity in its hints of ripe blackberry, cherry and raspberry, which merge with deep perceptions of vanilla, tobacco and chocolate, as well as distinct balsamic and Mediterranean scrub puffs. The taste development is powerful and savoury, with remarkable softness well balanced by pleasant freshness and ripe tannins. The finish insists on the fruity and sweet spicy sensations perceived on the nose. Although it is already tasty in its youth, the 'Cygnus' red is capable of withstanding several years of further ageing in the cellar.

Colour

Ruby red

Scent

Intense and fruity, hints of blackberries, cherries, raspberries, vanilla, tobacco and chocolate

Taste

Powerful and fruity, softly balanced acidity, soft tannins