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Wine: Red wine
Taste: Semi dry
Volume: Medium
Min. alcohol: 11%
Storage potential: 3 years
As the name suggests, this wine is made from the Cabernet Sauvignon grape (85-100%), with the permitted addition of other local red grapes (0-15%).
Friuli Colli Orientali Cabernet Sauvignon DOC is a ruby red wine, which turns to garnet red with age. The scent is distinctive and inviting, while the taste is dry and balanced.
The aging potential is up to 3 years.
A barrel-aged Friuli Colli Orientali Cabernet Sauvignon Riserva DOC is also available, with minimum 11% alcohol content and a period of aging of no less than 2 years before released on the market.
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