This is the thirteenth entry in our Days of Wine and Music series. This week we take a look at a red, the output of the same Sammarinese winery whose sparkling was reviewed in an earlier posting.
Sangiovese is Italy’s #1 wine grape variety. It should come as no surprise that the variety is also found in San Marino. For some, however, the derivation of the name might prove to be a bit of a shocker. It translates as “Jove’s [a.k.a., Jupiter’s] blood.” Jupiter was the #1 Roman god, a sky god, to be precise, who was nicely positioned to hurl bolts of lightning earthwards and lay claim to areas struck therewith. It’s a nice job if you can land it, but, alas,…
Cavaliere Rosso is a ruby-colored, 100%-Sangiovese wine with an ABV of 13%. Cherry is prominent on the nose, with hints of raspberry and strawberry. The palate is medium-intensity cherry. We found it to be off dry and to have medium-level acidity. The tannins were medium (+) and the finish medium (-).
This is wine for casual, everyday drinking. Some may find the tannins to be a little aggressive. We tasted it chilled, which seems to be the ideal way to serve it up.
As readers can judge from the picture above, the bottle aesthetics are impressive, which is typical of the output of this winery.
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