I tried this wine at this year's Wine Fair. This IGT wine from Tuscany is made from what the winery believes to be a natural crossing of Cabernet Franc and Merlot in the wild and subsequently planted on their estate. The plants are organoleptically close to Cabernet Franc but ampelographically the vines are like Merlot! It is a pity that the winery have refrained from DNA fingerprinting the vines.
Back to the wines, there was only the Caberlot (only bottled in magnums) first made inn 1988 until the second wine Carniscale (750 ml bottles only) was produced in 2000. The wines have acquired cult status and are very sought after. AS for this wine, it was a nice deep ruby with a green acid fruity nose. The palate was soft and fruity with good acidity, well supported by an acid backbone.
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