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Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC 

CALAI

Calai Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo

A simple, bright and very versatile wine.

 

Intense claret pink with vermillion glow. Very intense and complex. Fruity notes of cherries, strawberries, raspberries, wildflowers and petunias. Dry, warm and soft. Balanced, harmonious, with good persistence.

 

 

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Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC
 

Harvest: Grapes harvested only when fully ripe


Vinification: In white of the grapes


Aging: Steel

hints:

Hawthorn

Apple blossoms

Lichi

Mint flowers

Orange flowers

Banana

Passion fruit

Pineapple

The history of the label:

Calai (Καλάι), brother of Zete, son of Borea and Orizia. Personification of the west wind. It is described with a long cloak covered with gold flakes on the shoulders, wings on the feet and long hair. He was chosen by Jason together with Zete to participate in the mission of recovering the golden fleece. Calai also called "the twilight of the gods," was the one who blows very softly ". Calai, with bright and lively colors similar to those of the sun when it approaches sunset, like our wine.

Calai Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo
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