Winery CollocaCabernet Sauvignon
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The Cabernet Sauvignon of the Winery Colloca is in the top 0 of wines of Barossa Valley.
Details and technical informations about Winery Colloca's Cabernet Sauvignon.
Discover the grape variety: Admirable de Courtiller
Table grape with long clusters and juicy, crunchy golden berries with delicate sweet and muscat-tinged flavours and thin skin. Vinified in limited quantities, giving simple, fresh and lightly muscat-scented whites. Now rare, appreciated by enthusiasts and preserved in French ampelographic collections, listed in the official Catalogue on List A1. French table grape variety from a chasselas × bicane cross obtained around 1840 in Saumur by Dr Courtiller.
Informations about the Winery Colloca
The Winery Colloca is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Barossa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Barossa Valley
World icon of Australian Shiraz: powerful, silky, sun-drenched king red with notes of jammy blackberry, plum, dark chocolate, liquorice and a touch of sweet spice, enveloping tannins — Penfolds Grange and Henschke Hill of Grace as mythical bottles. Fleshy, spicy old-vine Grenache (up to 180 years), dense Mourvèdre, structured Cabernet as complement. GI northeast of Adelaide (~11,600 ha), hot dry climate, pre-phylloxera vines founded by Silesians in the 19th c.
The wine region of Australie du Sud
Cradle of the great Australian Shiraz: powerful, sun-drenched reds with notes of blackberry, candied plum, pepper, chocolate and eucalyptus, ample tannins and vibrant fruit (Barossa, McLaren Vale). Firm, minty Cabernet Sauvignon on Coonawarra (terra rossa). Dry, lemony Riesling from Clare and Eden Valley, straight and taut. Fresh Sauvignon and Chardonnay from Adelaide Hills.
The word of the wine: Alcoholic fermentation
Transformation of sugars into alcohol under the effect of yeast. These yeasts exist in their natural state in the vineyards and in the cellars. Artificial seeding with selected yeasts is however very often practiced.
