Wine of the week - Limited, exclusive and cheap

That's three pretty cool words, especially when they appear in the same sentence. And wine of the week is just that - limited, exclusive and cheap.

Cantina Zaccagnini is a family run winery in Abruzzo, 3 hours driving East of Rome. It's a versatile region, with 1/3 of the land marked as National Parks. They have high mountains and beaches, with good skiing conditions in winter and sunbathing in the summer months. And they produce a lot of wine here. 22 million liters a year. About 2/3 is produced by cooperatives, but small family producers keep popping up; changing the region.

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Cantina Zaccagnini, run by Marcello Zaccagnini, is well known in Norway. Their best selling wine "Pinnevinen" has been a favoritt at Vinmonopolet for years. Wine of the week is the diamond version of this wine.

Cantina Zaccagnini Riserva 2013 is a special project, only made for the Norwegian marked. The wine is stored for an extra 30 months in 50 hl oak barrels, called barrique. Only 6000 bottles is produced each year, making this a very exclusive project.

Tasting Notes

Cantina Zaccagnini Riserva 2013 - 199 kr

Blood red, with a light brown edge.
Rich and intense smell of cherries, coffee, dried fruit and coco powder. 

Big, soft and present in the mouth.
Flavours of dark chocolate, dark berries and ripe purple plums. Well integrated tannins.
Great length with tons of fun flavours just lingering in the mouth.

This is an unreal good wine to the price of just 199kr. 

WITH FOOD
This is a great wine to pair with food. In fact I would go as far as to say, you should only have this wine in combination with food. This due to its complexity. It is just a bit complicated to drink alone. But with food, it will be a diamond.

It will have fun with all sorts of meat, but in particular lamb will be a good choice. Leg of lamb, lamb stew or carré. 

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