The Winery Cantina Il Cavaliere is one of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Ticino to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Cantina Il Cavaliere wines in Ticino among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cantina Il Cavaliere wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Cantina Il Cavaliere wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Cantina Il Cavaliere wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of family potluck, blanquette of lamb or duck breast with black figs.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Cantina Il Cavaliere. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, earth or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cantina Il Cavaliere. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Ticino is a relatively small wine region in the alpine South of Switzerland, prized for its Merlot, and located along its border with Italy. The wine region's borders follow those of the canton of Ticino, a primarily Italian-speaking enclave in the landlocked multilingual country (the canton is called "Tessin" by the French and German speakers).
Vineyard">Vineyards in region cover just over 1,100 hectares (2,700 acres) and are centred around the rivers and large, alpine lakes of the canton. The latter are a major tourist attraction - much like the lake of Como, just 5km (3 miles) from Ticino's southernmost tip - and they all share water with Italy.
Merlot is the flagship variety here. This Bordeaux variety, which may seem an unusual variety of preference for a Swiss wine region, was introduced to Ticino in the early 20th century.
It makes up just over 80 percent of the entire vineyard area and has been so successful, it has been given its own appellation: Merlot del Ticino. This can be relatively light or – when from the warmer, sunnier vineyards and carefully vinified with oak – as fine and well Structured as good red Bordeaux.
Other varieties include Chardonnay (4 percent) and Sauvignon Blanc (1. 7 percent). In total, white wines only represent nine percent of the regional output.
Other than Merlot, reds include (in order of planting area) Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and one of Switzerland's "indigenous" crossings: Gamaret.
How Winery Cantina Il Cavaliere wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil or boar in civet.
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
How Winery Cantina Il Cavaliere wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of simple baked roast beef or autumn pumpkin pie.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Cantina Il Cavaliere. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.
Mechanical action consisting of pressing the grapes (before fermentation for whites) or the marc soaked in wine (after fermentation for reds).
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Haute-Savoie finds in Mondeuse blanche one of the oldest grape varieties planted in its vineyards. It can be found throughout Savoie and Ain, although its cultivation is not very well developed. Barely 5 hectares of vineyards are planted with this variety. It is known by other names such as savouette, dongine, couilleri or aigre blanc. Mondeuse blanche can be recognized by the downy appearance of its young shoots bearing very tan leaves, reminiscent of spider webs. The leaf blade tends to lose its tan appearance as it ages, while the 5 lobes are clearly defined. Mondeuse blanche produces bunches of grapes that give a wine with good acidity and a long shelf life, which can be kept for up to thirty years. They appear compact, cylindrical and winged. The juicy, sweet and crunchy berries ripen in the second late season. The golden yellow or green skin is quite strong, covering an ovoid or spherical fruit of medium size.
