14/11/2025
Il Caberlot - De Sommelleria 2017 (93+ TSW)
✨ La Sommelleria — the rare half-magnum bottling of Il Caberlot, available exclusively to importers. Even more elusive than Il Caberlot itself. A true collector’s gem. 🍷
Il Caberlot is the iconic flagship wine of Podere Il Carnasciale — a real unicorn in the wine world. It is the only wine on the planet made from the mysterious Caberlot grape, a natural crossing of Cabernet Franc and Merlot discovered in the wild near Verona.
Have you ever tried this wine - variety?
My notes:
🍷 In the glass a deep ruby color with garnet highlights.
👃On the nose ripe blackcurrants, dark cherries, violets, with light hints of cedar, to***co, and spice.
👅 On the palate full-bodied and structured, with rich dark fruit, refined tannins, and bright acidity. Notes of dark chocolate, sweet spices, and subtle minerality lead to a long, elegant finish.
This is still a baby and will benefit for 10-15 years cellaring - lucky I have some more in the cellar.
In 1986, founders Wolf and Bettina Rogosky, together with oenologist Vittorio Fiore, took a daring leap: planting this unknown grape on a tiny 0.3-ha vineyard in Tuscany. No one had vinified Caberlot before… and the rest is history.
The grapes now come from four small plots — Carnasciale, Selva, Vincaie and Perelli — each vinified and aged separately to capture their unique terroirs. After meticulous hand-selection, the grapes ferment in small stainless-steel tanks and age for 22 months in predominantly new French barriques, followed by at least 18 months of bottle maturation.
Every barrel is tasted and judged: only the most structured, complex and aromatic lots are chosen for Il Caberlot, bottled unfiltered exclusively in magnums.
A wine of depth, elegance and mystery — crafted with patience, intuition and absolute precision.
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