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LEGIT by Tolaini – Cabernet Sauvignon

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The Facts

UPCs 2018 (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 placed in French oak fermenters. Fermentation is temperature-controlled and the must is kept in contact with the skins for about 30 days. Manual pigeage and remontage are carried out frequently throughout the day, usually every 4-6 hours, and one delestage is performed per week. Malolactic fermentation takes place in French oak barriques (70% new and 30% used one year).
Aging The wine rests for 24 months in barriques- 6 mos on the lees
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, LEGIT has the potential to age for a long period of time, which is typical of the Cabernet Sauvignon produced in the Castelnuovo Berardenga Area.
Selling Point LEGIT has the potential to age for a long period of time
Awards 94pts Wine Spectator, 91pts James Suckling
Sustainability Organic In Practice, Natural Fermentation

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

Brand 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.

Brand 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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