Cabernet Franc 2021 - 14% vol. Cora Winery

Description: 
Strong, dark garnet red colour. Opens with beautiful fruit flavours of dark berries, cherry and ripe plums. Filigree, harmonious and well-integrated tannins lend this powerful red wine a delicate elegance. Very pleasant on the palate with light notes of tobacco and liquorice. Preserved fruit and clove on the finish. 

Grape varierty: 
Cabernet Franc - Alto Adige DOC 

Production area: 
Unterrain a S. Paulo nel comune di Appiano sulla strada del vino con un' espostizione a SSO; con il sole mattutino. Terreno: sabbie fini calcaree, sovraconsolidate, glaciali, molto fertili.

Vinification: 
Mash fermentation takes place in steel barrels, followed by malolactic fermentation. Matured for 12 months in oak barriques. No fining; no filtration. 

Food pairing: 
Extremely elegant red wine which, with its subtle paprika notes, is an excellent companion for all meat dishes. 

Serving temperature: 
16 - 18°C. 

Ageing potential: 
more than 10 years. 

Bottle size: 
750 ml - 75 cl - 0,75 lt. 

Allergens: 
wine can contain sulphites. 

Producer: 
Cora Hof Winery 
Lorenz San Nicolò was actually a successful entrepreneur in Milan, but because his passion for wine never let him go, he has been running the Corahof in St. Pauls with his wife Sissi since 2012 - "as a man of conviction", as San Nicolò himself says.And yet: the San Nicolò family has not completely left urban life behind. The main room of their small winery is dominated by a sparkling Art Nouveau chandelier, which comes from the estate of the time-honoured Hotel Bristol in Merano and matches the rest of the inventory, machines and tractors like a glove. "The chandelier symbolises our love of elegance, the festive and upbeat side of life," explains Lorenz San Nicolò. This is another reason why the chandelier was chosen as the logo of the Corahof in St. Pauls.
It adorns the labels of the wines, which are made from 1 hectare of vines. And their basis in turn is formed by very special glacial sediments. "'Kampferde' is the colloquial term for these fertile soils and, with the south-east exposure of our vineyard and intensive sunlight in the early morning hours, they form ideal conditions for our wine," says the winegrower. 
The Corahof's wine is produced in its own cellar, where the grapes - Merlot, Goldmuskateller, Carbernet Franc, Sauvignon blanc and Petit Manseng - are processed cleanly and gently thanks to state-of-the-art technology. The San Nicolòs' minimalist approach also applies to vinification, because: "This is the only way we can bring the valuable flavours of the grapes into the bottle as unadulterated as possible."

Cora Hof Winery
Unterrainer Strasse 39
IT - 39057 Eppan an der Weinstrasse (BZ) 
mail@cora-weingut.com
www.cora-weingut.com