Le Macchiole Paleo Rosso (750ml)

Paleo Rosso dates back to the 1989 vintage. It is the one Le Macchiole wine that has changed the most over the years: born as a classic Bordeaux blend, it evolved into a 100% Cabernet Franc wine in 2001. Paleo Rosso is the inspiring story of a man who challenged the cliché that Cabernet Franc wine is difficult to produce, and even more so as a single-varietal wine. Today, Paleo Rosso is one of the symbols of Bolgheri winemaking, while maintaining a non-standardized wine style, and it is one of the world’s best-known Cabernet Francs. “Paleo” is the common name of a species of grass, Festuca Pratensis (of the Gramineae family), which grows wild along the Tuscan Coast.This IGT Toscana was harvested the 1st and 2nd week of September.  The grapes macerate and ferment for 20 days in concrete tanks and the wine ages for 18 months in barriques, 75% new oak and 25% in 2nd-use.