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LEGIT by Tolaini – Cabernet Sauvignon

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The Facts

UPCs 2020 (750ml) - 8 032853 380406
Origins Italy > Tuscany > Toscana IGT
Appellation Toscana IGT
Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
Cepage 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Winemaking Grapes are first selected during harvest in the vineyard and then by an optical sorter when they arrive at the winery; they are destemmed and the whole berries are immediately put into French oak fermenters.
Aging 2 years in 70% new oak & 30% neutral
Annual Production 10,000 cases
Markets California

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The Character

Overall Typical of the Castelnuovo Berardenga Area.
Aromas The nose displays hints of green pepper, licorice and graphite melted with oak vanilla flavors.
Mouthfeel Full bodied with a ripe fruit palate
Tasting Notes The wine has a deep ruby red color. The nose displays hints of green pepper, licorice and graphite melted with oak vanilla flavors. Full bodied with a ripe fruit palate.
Selling Point A top-ranked tribute to terroir & musical genius
Awards 93pts Vinous, 93pts James Suckling, 93pts Wine Spectator
Sustainability Green Practicing

The Story

"Don't play everything, let some things go by. What you don't play can be more important than what you do." - Thelonious Sphere Monk
The story of LEGIT Cabernet Sauvignon began in 2016 when Lia was tasting barrels of the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon at Tolaini with a colleague from Banville Wine Merchants. They agreed this wine was a LEGIT Cabernet Sauvignon, with a true sense of place and an Italian soul. In wanting to pursue the name LEGIT, only one person came to mind. A person who embodied stylish originality and eternal hipness, an artist referred to as the "Genius of Modern Music" - Thelonious Monk. LEGIT's striking label is an iconic photo from the album cover of one of Monk's most famous live concert recordings, 'Thelonious Monk in Italy' recorded live April 21st, 1961 in Milan by Riverside Records.
After getting in touch with Thelonious Monk's family to secure the rights to the use of the label, an adventure that was born as a business endeavor evolved into collaboration and has ultimately grown into a wonderful friendship between the Monk and Tolaini family.
We are proud to offer this wine as a tribute to the timelessness of Monk's music. Pulitzer Prize winner,
respected composer (his single "Round Midnight" is the most recorded Jazz single to date) AND who
today is still referred to as the epitome of Jazz, Thelonious Monk has and will always set the bar for all things LEGIT!

About LEGIT by Tolaini

Producer Story

"Don't play everything, let some things go by. What you don't play can be more important than what you do". -Thelonious Sphere Monk The story of LEGIT Cabernet
Sauvignon began in 2016 when Lia was tasting barrels of the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon at Tolaini with a colleague from Banville Wine Merchants. They agreed this wine was a LEGIT Cabernet Sauvignon, with a true sense of place and an Italian soul. In wanting to pursue the name LEGIT, only one person came to mind. A person who embodied stylish originality and eternal hipness, an artist referred to as the "Genius of Modern Music" - Thelonious Monk.

Producer Story

"Don't play everything, let some things go by. What you don't play can be more important than what you do". -Thelonious Sphere Monk The story of LEGIT Cabernet
Sauvignon began in 2016 when Lia was tasting barrels of the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon at Tolaini with a colleague from Banville Wine Merchants. They agreed this wine was a LEGIT Cabernet Sauvignon, with a true sense of place and an Italian soul. In wanting to pursue the name LEGIT, only one person came to mind. A person who embodied stylish originality and eternal hipness, an artist referred to as the "Genius of Modern Music" - Thelonious Monk.

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