Cricova Cabernet 2005 Prestige Collection Wine
Price £7.15
Stock Level: 117
| Grape: | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Strength: | 12% |
| Style: | Medium bodied |
| Size: | 75cl |
| Cellar Notes: | This precious, exquisite wine will bring to your table a refined ambience of nobleness and irreproachable style.
The 2005 Cabernet harvest was selected by Cricova oenologists to produce this prestige colection wine - a true masterpiece! Just the selected grapes in the selected years make it into the Cricova Cellars! Aged in oak for 18 months. |
| Appearance: | This wine is distinguished by its gorgeous pomegranate colour |
| Aromas: | Rich perfectly-balanced bouquet with almond and violet aromas |
| Palate: | Velveteen taste, with vivid prunes and cherry pit tints, thanks to the aging in oak barrels. The wine is light to medium bodied and carries black fruits and firm slightly green tannins. A modest length |
| Serving Notes: | To be served at room’s temperature (+16° to +18°), accompanied by complex, spicy meat dishes like: fried, grilled or stuffed with vegetables pork, lamb or veal, with various piquant sauces, cutlets, goulash, beafstroganoff, spaghetti with aromatic meat sauces, game etc, as well as by hard noble cheese varieties |
Vineyard Notes: Cricova http://www.cricova.md/
The 2005 Cabernet harvest was selected by Cricova oenologists to produce this prestige colection wine - a true masterpiece! Just the selected grapes in the selected years make it into the Cricova Cellars!
The 2005 Cabernet harvest was selected by Cricova oenologists to produce this prestige colection wine - a true masterpiece! Just the selected grapes in the selected years make it into the Cricova Cellars!
The wine cellars of Cricova are the second largest wine cellar in Moldova, after Milestii Mici (largest in the world). It boasts a mere 120 kilometres (75 miles) of labyrinthine roadways, versus MM's 200 kilometres (120 mi), tunnels have existed under Cricova since the XVth century, when limestone was dug out to help build Chisinau. They were converted into an underground wine emporium in the 1950s.
Half of the roadways are used for wine storage. The roads are named by the wines they store. This "wine city" has its warehouses, tasting rooms and other facilities underground. It goes down to 100 metres (330 ft) below ground and holds 1.25 million bottles of rare wine. The oldest wine dates back to 1902. The temperature is maintained at about 12 °C (54 °F) all year round (which is perfect for wine).
Legend has it that in 1966 astronaut Yuri Gagarin entered the cellars, re-emerging (with assistance) two days later. Russian president Vladimir Putin celebrated his 50th birthday there.
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