Cellar for up to 15 years. Decant 1 hour before serving.
Querciabella or “beautiful oak” is considered one of Chianti’s top producers, with a reputation for both magnificent Super Tuscans and stunning Chianti Classico wines. This is largely thanks to visionary owner Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni who was an early adopter of both organic and biodynamic viticulture in the 1980s and 1990s. Today the estate is one of Italy’s largest organic and biodynamic wineries with 74 hectares of vines in Chianti and a further 32 hectares in Tuscany’s coastal Maremma region.
Palafreno is one of the estate’s most iconic and rarest Super Tuscan wines since it is only produced when growing conditions are perfect. Composed of 100% Merlot from the very best estate vineyards in Greve, this is a monumental wine that has tremendous ageing capabilities. Its sheer power and presence are reflected in the name which refers to a medieval knight’s parade horse.
The fruit for this wine comes from just two vineyards, Cipresso and Marrone, which sit at around 350 to 400 metres of altitude. In the winery the fruit is micro-vinified in small batches and matured for 18 months in French oak barrels. Typically the winery produces just 2,500 bottles when the Merlot fruit from a particular vintage is deemed to be of exceptional quality. Dark, brooding and handsome with luscious plum, cassis, and wild berry notes, this blockbuster red will grow even more beautiful with a few more years in the cellar. If you’d prefer to enjoy it now, try pairing with hearty wild game or beef dishes to soften the firm tannins.
Querciabella Palafreno 2020
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Querciabella Palafreno 2020
- 2020
- 750ml
- Red
- 13.5%
- Super Tuscan
- Merlot
- Querciabella
- Tuscany
- Italy
- Vintage: 2020
- Size: 750ml
- Type: Red
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Varietal: Super Tuscan
- Grapes: Merlot
- Winery: Querciabella
- Region: Tuscany
- Country: Italy
- Vintage: 2020
- Size: 750ml
- Type: Red
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Varietal: Super Tuscan
- Grapes: Merlot
- Winery: Querciabella
- Region: Tuscany
- Country: Italy
Buy Querciabella Palafreno 2020 750ml Red wine. This Super Tuscan wine is proudly 95 rated and produced by Querciabella winery from Tuscany, Italy.
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Querciabella Palafreno 2020
overall i had a positive experience, they have a wide range of wines, some which are hard to find anywhere else - the main reason i still buy from them, plus the discounts are fair and often, but... their codes for the first offer only works at the first offer, which if fine, but then why would you send me the voucher in each package i order, why spam me on the email and every time i log in on the website? this is really bothering me... then their rewards points system is useless, first of all because you only get peanuts even after spending €250 on an order, but even those peanuts will expire if you won't order again soon, which is unfair, to say the least... and lastly, if you get a corked wine, a wine with any deffect or a wine that leaked (my last order contained a bottle of $100 Caymus Cabernet with a leaking cork, which made the wine tasted cooked and flat), they have no procedure put in place for you to replace or return the wine or to get a refund or replacement - none, which is a big no no no for any wine collector... so all in all i give it 3 stars for now