Podernovo – Auritea 2018 – Costa Toscana Cabernet Franc IGT

The nose is concentrated, quite ripe and offers a certain controlled power. It reveals notes of concentrated cassis, small, quite ripe red fruits and balsamic notes associated with touches of violet, dried lily and cubeb pepper, as well as fine hints of local grove and balsamic. The palate is fruity and offers a minerality and a mineral frame. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of pulpy blackberry, small creamy red berries andsmall notes of small roasted fruits associated with touches of rosemary, balsamic, a hint of tobacco, smoke, as well as fine hints of graphene and toast/roasting. Good length.