Renato Keber
Collio Rosso Riserva 2013
| Denomination | DOC Collio Goriziano Rosso Riserva |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Area | Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot |
| Aging | Ageing in barrels for 8 months, subsequently in bottle. |
- Name and vintage: Collio DOC Rosso Riserva 2013, still red wine from Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Bordeaux blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot to provide structure and balance
- Vinification: hand-picked, long maceration on the skins and gentle pressing
- Ageing: 8 months in barrel followed by bottle ageing for greater smoothness and complexity
- Profile and serving: notes of wild berries and herbal hints; serve at 16–18 °C after 2 hours of decanting
Description
What kind of wine it is
Collio Rosso by Renato Keber is a still wine from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, an elegant blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Its aromatic profile opens with pleasant scents of wild berries, enriched by a clear and distinctive herbal note. On the palate, it is smooth, warm and full-bodied, supported by excellent structure and a pronounced fruity persistence. These characteristics make it the ideal companion to enhance flavourful roasted meats, game and mature cheeses, expressing itself best after proper decanting.
Where it comes from
This structured red originates from vineyards cultivated on the Zegla hill, a territory that gently slopes towards the border with Slovenia. The Collio identifies an area with unique characteristics, where the Renato Keber family has tended the land for four generations. The specific hillside exposure defines a dynamic character, capable of maintaining a marked vitality over time and enhancing the wine's tertiary aromas. The careful approach in the vineyard ensures excellent raw material, delivering in the glass a faithful and authentic expression of Collio Goriziano.
How it is produced
The process begins at the end of September with a manual harvest, ensuring careful selection of the bunches. In the cellar, gentle destemming is followed by fermentation with a prolonged maceration on the skins to extract colour and structure. After gentle pressing, the wine matures through ageing in barrels for eight months, finally completing its journey with a long rest in the bottle. This process gives the wine its typical roundness, perfectly integrating fruity aromas and smoothness on the palate.
History and Curiosities
From the vineyards of Zegla, a hill on the border with Slovenia, comes this Bordeaux blend by Renato Keber, the result of four generations. The blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, combined with a prolonged maceration on the skins and eight months of ageing in barrels, gives rise to a soft, warm and full-bodied wine. Created to maintain a pronounced vitality over time, it releases refined herbal notes and intense aromas of forest fruits, making it ideal for accompanying flavourful roasts and mature cheeses, thanks to a fruity and persistent finish.
Tasting notes
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
2 hours
The gently curving hillside called Zegla, close by the border with Slovenia, has long been home to Renato Keber and his family. Renato’s great grandfather, Franc, came from nearby Vipulzano to settle here in 1900, when this was still under Austrian rule.
Since then and for four generations, the Keber family has lived and produced its wine in Zegla, and even today, the older generations join the new ones in working in the vineyards. Read more
| Name | Renato Keber Collio Rosso Riserva 2013 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Collio DOC |
| Vintage | 2013 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Vendor | Renato Keber |
| Story | History and Curiosities From the vineyards of Zegla, a hill on the border with Slovenia, comes this Bordeaux blend by Renato Keber, the result of four generations. The blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, combined with a prolonged maceration on the skins and eight months of ageing in barrels, gives rise to a soft, warm and full-bodied wine. Created to maintain a pronounced vitality over time, it releases refined herbal notes and intense aromas of forest fruits, making it ideal for accompanying flavourful roasts and mature cheeses, thanks to a fruity and persistent finish. |
| Origin | Zegla, Collio, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italia |
| Cultivation system | Guyot |
| Harvest | Third decade of September |
| Production technique | Manual harvest with careful selection; gentle destemming, fermentation with prolonged maceration on the skins and soft pressing; ageing in barrel for 8 months and then in bottle |
| Wine making | Delicate destemming of the grapes, fermentation with prolonged maceration of the skins, gentle pressing; aged in barrel for 8 months and subsequently in bottle. |
| Aging | Ageing in barrels for 8 months, subsequently in bottle. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |