Ca' Marcanda Promis, Gaja 2020
£40.00
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An unconvential but delicious blend from Gaja's estate in Maremma
- Floral notes of dried petals with sweet spice and red fruit leading to blackcurrant, dried herbs and a touch of olive and eucalyptus. The palate is medium-bodied and fresh, with smooth tannins.
- A blend of Merlot, Syrah and Sangiovese. These three varieties are fermented separately and spend 12 months in oak barrels, before being blended at bottling.
- Warm days and cool nights give concentrated, balanced fruit.
- Ca' Marcanda, located in Bolgheri, was purchased by Angelo Gaja in 1996 and is the second Tuscan estate added to the Gaja portfolio. Ca' Marcanda focuses on growing international varieties and producing Super Tuscan wines.
- Delicious with grilled meat, pizza or game dishes.
- Grape variety: Syrah(Shiraz), Sangiovese, Merlot
- Vintage: 2020
- Type/Colour: Red
- Alcohol: 14.5%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
- Group: Tuscany
"Towering, deep and complex Italian red wine. This wine is a blend of Merlot, Syrah and Sangiovese grapes. It's a beautiful expression of fleshy ripe blackberries, fig, cassis, violets and sundried tomato. A mouth-coating texture and a lively acidity make for a delicious interplay of textures and flavours across the palate. This is one of Italy's best producers. This winery is famed vintner Angelo Gaja's project in Tuscany's coastal region of Maremma. Thank you Angelo" - Natalie MacLean, Online Wine Journalist
The Gaja family settled in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy in the mid-seventeenth century. Five generations of Gajas have been producing wines in Piedmont's Langhe hills since 1859, the year Giovanni Gaja, a local grape grower, founded the Gaja Winery in Barbaresco.
The Langhe hills, with their steep slopes of calcareous clay, are home to the Nebbiolo grape and its long-lived wines of exceptional character: Barbaresco, Barolo and Langhe Nebbiolo. For generations, classic Barbaresco and Barolo were made from Nebbiolo grapes from several vineyards. In the 1960s and 1970s, leading winemakers began to vinify Nebbiolo grapes from single vineyards separately.
Today, Gaja produces classic Barbaresco D.O.C.G. and Barolo D.O.C.G. (Dagromis) as well as five single vineyard Nebbiolo wines: Sorì San Lorenzo, Sorì Tildìn and Costa Russi (from the Barbaresco district); Sperss and Conteisa (from the Barolo district). Gaja single-vineyard wines carried the Barbaresco or Barolo appellation until the 1995 vintage.
Beginning with the 1996 vintage, all of Gaja's single-vineyard Nebbiolo wines have been labelled Langhe Nebbiolo D.O.C. The Gajas' conviction that the Langhe terroir can produce outstanding wines is reflected not only in their Nebbiolo-based wines, but also in the wines they produce from non-indigenous varieties: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.
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