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LEGIT Cabernet Sauvignon Toscana IGT

    • Description :

      This wine is bottled as a single varietal to showcase its unique harmony of distinct terroir, robust bright fruit and lush round tannins. A truly LEGIT Cabernet Sauvignon. The label is the 1963 album cover of the iconic musician Thelonious Monk's concert "Live in Milan". LEGIT has received the coveted honor of being named in Wine Spectator's Top 100 List two years in a row for the 2013 (#26) and the 2016 (#13) vintages.
      Grapes are first selected during harvest in the vineyard and then by an optical sorter when they arrive at the winery; they are destemmed and the whole berries are immediately put into French oak fermenters.
      Fermentation: Fermentation is temperature-controlled and the must is kept in contact with the skins for about 30 days.
      Aging: The wine rests for 24 months in barriques (70% new and 30% used one year), of which 6 months are spent resting on the fine lees.

      Grape varieties :

      Cabernet Sauvignon

      Altitude :

      320m - 380m A.S.L.

      Vineyard age :

      Vines planted in 2000

      Exposure :

      Southeast

      Soil :

      Lime and clay with a considerable presence of gravel-sized stones

      Alcohol :

      14%

      Tasting notes :

      The wine has a deep ruby red color. The nose displays hints of green pepper, licorice and graphite melted with oak vanilla flavors. Full bodied with a ripe fruit palate, LEGIT has the potential to age for a long period of time, which is typical of the Cabernet Sauvignon produced in the Castelnuovo Berardenga Area.

Press Notes

  • The Wine Advocate
    • 2020
      91 points
    • 2018, 2016
      92 points
  • Wine Spectator
    • 2020
      93 points
    • 2018, 2013
      94 points
    • 2016
      95 points
  • James Suckling
    • 2020, 2018, 2013
      91 points
  • AG Vinous
    • 2020
      93 points
    • 2016
      92 points
  • Gambero Rosso
    • 2020
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