With this wine, Ca’ del Bosco intended to rediscover and re-establish a traditional red grape blend of the area, with a preference once again for Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Carménère over Cabernet Sauvignon. A journey into the past to exalt the personality and fruitiness of Merlot, the elegance of Cabernet Franc, and the roundness of Carménère. Cabernet Sauvignon is there to provide the
much-needed backbone and thus impart balance and longevity. Two years are necessary for this wine to strike the right match between nose harmony and palate balance. This wine is the product of accurate grape sorting and expert winemaking, in full compliance with the Ca’ del Bosco Method. The grapes are hand-picked in 10 different vineyards and placed in small crates
on which a code is immediately stamped just before they are cold-stored. Expert eyes and hands select each bunch and then go through our exclusive “berry spa,” a special whirlpool-like wash for grape bunches consisting of three soaking tanks, followed by thorough drying. Then, the clusters are transported over the maceration vat, destemmed, allowing the berries to fall into the vat naturally. This eliminates the need for traditional pumping systems, which cause the skins to break and develop unwanted herbaceous hints. In the 2020 vintage, skin contact lasted 20 days for Merlot and Carménère and 21 days for Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Alcoholic fermentation and maceration were controlled by accurately managing temperature and punching down the grape cap several times. The mass was mixed daily, using a pair of elevator tanks, with the wine on the bottom of the vat drawn off by gravity. The tanks, known as flying tanks, take the wine up to the top of the vat and pour it forcefully to submerge the “cap”. Nothing is more natural and effective than gently extracting colour and tannins. The wine is finally drawn off, and while still warm, it is placed in small oak barrels. Only after malolactic fermentation – in mid-winter – is the wine racked and assembled into different product lots. The “Corte del Lupo Rosso” is thus created and will continue ageing in oak and stainless steel for approximately 24 months, followed by gravity bottling, which is done most naturally: thanks to our innovative long-nozzle filling tubes, the wine will rise from the bottom without lamination or shaking, and will not suffer from oxidative stress. No sulfites are added at this stage to guarantee integrity and wholesomeness. Finally, each bottle is marked with a unique code to ensure traceability.