About this wine
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Cantaloro is Avignonesi’s everyday wine and is fruit forward, easy drinking and accessible.
2024 vintage
The 2024 vintage was marked by extraordinary generosity. After the severe production constraints of 2023, nature responded with abundance, energy, and vitality, placing Avignonesi before a long, intense season rich in opportunity. It was a year that demanded clear choices, strong discipline, and careful management to contain excess and highlight balance, finesse, and elegance.
Grapes
Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Colorino, Syrah
Alcohol
13%
Production
26,749 bottles
Tasting notes
Cantaloro is a young and versatile wine with an intense ruby-red colour. The bouquet is dominated by inviting aromas of ripe cherry and blackberry, enriched by delicate hints of liquorice. On the palate, it is vibrant and full-bodied: the fruit is bold and honest, supported by a pleasant persistence that recalls the scents of Mediterranean scrubland. Opulent and medium-bodied, it reveals velvety tannins that enhance its flavour profile. Perfect for any occasion. 2024 2020 2019
Vintage technical details
2024
CANTALORO ROSSO TOSCANA I.G.T. 2024 Cantaloro is Avignonesi’s everyday wine and is fruit forward, easy drinking and accessible. 2024 VINTAGE The 2024 vintage was marked by extraordinary generosity. After the severe production constraints of 2023, nature responded with abundance, energy, and vitality, placing Avignonesi before a long, intense season rich in opportunity. It was a year that demanded clear choices, strong discipline, and careful management to contain excess and highlight balance, finesse, and elegance. TASTING NOTES A young and versatile wine with an intense ruby-red colour. The bouquet is dominated by inviting aromas of ripe cherry and blackberry, enriched by delicate hints of liquorice. On the palate, it is vibrant and full-bodied: the fruit is bold and honest, supported by a pleasant persistence that recalls the scents of Mediterranean scrubland. Opulent and medium-bodied, it reveals velvety tannins that enhance its flavour profile. Perfect for any occasion. ..................................................................................................................................................... GRAPES Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Colorino, Syrah ALCOHOL 13% PRODUCTION 26.749 bottles ..................................................................................................................................................... VINIFICATION HARVEST September VINIFICATION 8–12 days of maceration on the skins at controlled temperature. Alcoholic fermentation is carried out by the yeasts selected from our pied de cuve. Pied de cuve is the first batch of grapes that is harvested in advance to select the yeasts naturally present on the skins. These will become the basic yeast for the fermentation of the grapes, which will be harvested later. This process enhances the link between the wine and its vineyard, thus sealing its sense of place. AGEING 8 months in stainless steel
2019
CANTALORO ROSSO TOSCANA I.G.T. 2019 WWW.AVIGNONESI.IT VINIFICATION GRAPES 50,82% Sangiovese, 24,58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23,51% Merlot, 0,78% Syrah, 0,30% Canaiolo HARVEST The grapes were picked between September 5th and October 5th. VINIFICATION Alcoholic fermentation with the use of indigenous yeasts in stainless steel vats at 22/28 °C and maceration on the skins for a maximum of 10 days. Malolactic fermentation in oak and stainless steel. AGEING 18 months in stainless steel and oak (Slavonian oak barrels and barriques). ALCOHOL AND TOTAL PRODUCTION 14% - 175,050 bottles .............................................................................................................................................. AWARDS 2019: 93 pts James Suckling Cantaloro is Avignonesi’s everyday wine and is available in white, rosé and red. The wines are fruit forward, easy drinking and accessible. 2019 VINTAGE 2019 was a great year for wine. Warm weather albeit not dry, was the background to a great production in terms of quantity and quality. With just the right amount of rainfall, work in the vineyards never stopped and great attention was placed to the grapes to balance warmth, rain and soil. TASTING NOTES A versatile, young red wine with a ruby red colour and a bouquet characterised by inviting aromas of ripe cherries, blueberries and sweet spices. The taste is medium-bodied, fruity and smooth with a long lingering, dry finish, reminiscent of undergrowth, with an underlying hint of menthol. ..............................................................................................................................................
2019
CANTALORO ROSSO TOSCANA I.G.T. 2019 WWW.AVIGNONESI.IT VINIFICAZIONE VITIGNI 50,82% Sangiovese, 24,58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23,51% Merlot, 0,78% Syrah, 0,30% Canaiolo VENDEMMIA Le uve sono state raccolte tra il 5 settembre e il 5 ottobre. VINIFICAZIONE Fermentazione alcolica con uso di lieviti indigeni in tini di acciaio inox a 22/28 °C e macerazione sulle bucce fino ad un massimo di 10 giorni. Fermentazione malolattica in legno e acciaio inox. INVECCHIAMENTO 18 mesi in acciaio inox e legno (botti di rovere di slavonia e barrique). ALCOL E Production TOTALE 14% - 175.050 bottles .............................................................................................................................................. PUNTEGGI 2019: 93 pt James Suckling Cantaloro è il vino di Avignonesi ideale per tutti i giorni ed è disponibile in bianco, rosato e rosso. I vini sono fruttati, facili da bere ed accessibili. ANNATA 2019 Il 2019 è stato un anno perfetto per il vino. Le giornate calde, sebbene non secche, ci hanno regalato una grande produzione in termini di qualità e quantità. Con appena la giusta frequenza di pioggia, il lavoro nelle vigne non si è mai fermato ed è stata prestata grande attenzione alle uve per bilanciare calore, pioggia e terreno. NOTE ORGANOLETTICHE Un vino giovane e versatile dal colore rosso rubino. Il bouquet è dominato da invitanti aromi di ciliegia matura, mirtilli e spezie dolci. Al palato si presenta mediamente strutturato, vellutato e fruttato, con note finali persistenti che ricordano la macchia mediterranea e leggeri sentori mentolati. ..............................................................................................................................................