Il Carnasciale
Il Carnasciale Carnasciale
Toscana IGT
Caberlot
14
Organic
Tasting Notes
Big wines featuring a relatively unknown Tuscan hybrid clone of Cabernet and Merlot, called Caberlot. Bordering on herbaceous in some vintages, still medium bodied and serious.
Cultivation
The variety Caberlot was first identified in the late 1960's in an abandoned vineyard. It is cultivated exclusively at Il Carnasciale with utmost respect for the soil and plants, entirely by hand. Manual harvest usually begins in late September, and the small baskets are cooled until brought to the cellar.
Vinification
The grapes are destemmed and fermented in small stainless steel vats (8-10hL) with temperatures kept below 28-29° C. The cap formed by the mash is broken twice daily with a wooden cross to increase contact between the skins and the juice. The grapes from each vineyard and each day of harvest are fermented individually, and the use of sulfates is kept to a strict minimum.
Aging
The malolactic fermentations in barrel are followed by aging in carefully selected French fûts and barriques, of which 60% are new, two-thirds Tronçais oak and one third Allier and Vosges, blonde to medium toast. Wines kept in wood for period of 22 months, racking them only once. Same vinification and care as Il Caberlot, but bottled in 750ml and aged in bottle for 6 months.
Podere Il Carnasciale is situated in the southern Chianti mountains in the Valdarno di Sopra region of Tuscany, thirty kilometers north of Siena and Arezzo and 60 kilometers south of Florence. True to Wolf Rogosky’s idea and vision, the secluded hilltop winery is run today by Moritz Rogosky together with his mother Bettina and daughter Carla-Elle, and the oenologist and technical director Marco Maffei and his dedicated team of 8 Tuscans.
The Caberlot variety—a naturally occurring crossing of Merlot and Cabernet Franc—is cultivated exclusively at Podere Il Carnasciale, making them a self-proclaimed “haute couture” winery. The variety Caberlot was first identified in the late 1960's in an abandoned vineyard near Padua by the agronomist Dr. Remigio Bordini. It was discovered to be a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Merlot.
Extreme care and craft go into detail, precision, and quality, in both their vineyard and cellar work. Their work in the vineyards is carried out entirely by hand, with the utmost respect for the soil and the vines. Pruning, budding, and leaf management are all done manually, without the use of chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides.