Le Fraghe, Montalto Cabernet Franc 2021
Variety: 95% Cabernet Franc, 5% Teroldego
As a young girl, Matilde Poggi, grew up around winemaking and hearing her parents talk about it. During October, she would go straight from school to the vineyards to help with the harvest. Her first harvest was in 1984, prior to that, the grapes were sold to another winery. Matilde is passionate about the surrounding terroir of valleys, rivers, winds from the north, and the mountainous areas that makes her wines uniquely their own. Her 3 daughters now help her run the winery. They have been certified organic since 2009.
This northern Italian Cabernet Franc, grown in the Veneto Commune of Rivoli Veronese is harvested from the Montalto vineyard from vines averaging 25 years in age. The grape must sees maceration on the skins for around 20 days in 16hl terracotta amphora with the the cap being managed twice daily. The wine then matures in 16hl amphoras for 12 months seeing no filtration before bottling.