Description

The Butussi Cabernet Franc has a fabuous, expressive nose of dark fruits and typical Cab Franc vegetal/herbaceous notes.  The palate is full with fine grained tannins beautifully integrated with rich blackcurrant fruit notes and fresh acidity from the high altitude vineyards.  This delicious wine is great for drinking now but wil continue to age gracefully for a few years to come. 

The grapes are destemmed before being transferred to a traditional 60HL oak barrel for the fermentation. Manual punch downs take place throughout fermentation. After pressing the wine is left to settle for a day before being returned to the oak barrel for 12 months, then 6 months in cement and 6 months in bottle minimum.

Valentino Butussi and his son quickly recognised the potential of the Prà di Corte valley in Friuli Colli Orientali D.O.C. zone, and in 1910 they planted the first vines. In the 1970s Valentino’s son, Angelo Butussi, increased the area of the estate planted to vines and also produced the first bottles under the company name. Remaining a family affair, towards the end of the 1990s Angelo’s four children – Filippo, Tobia, Mattia and their sister Erika – joined the company. They all agreed that the quest for quality depends above all on the health of the vineyard and of the environment that surrounds I, so they started on their journey to organic viticulture with a small vineyard in 2002. This led gradually to the total conversion of the estate in 2008, and to its acquiring organic certification in 2013.