CAVALIERE

Cavaliere is the sparkling wine of the Tenuta Casali estate — a Blanc de Noir Spumante Rubicone IGP produced through the natural fermentation method (Charmat) from a red grape vinified white, an approach that carries the depth and aromatic complexity of a red variety into a sparkling wine of genuine freshness and elegance. The name — Knight — carries the pride and the confidence of a wine that occupies an honoured position in the estate's range.

Blanc de Noir production — white wine from red grapes — requires the particular technical skill of managing the skin contact during pressing to extract colour and aromatic complexity without the tannin extraction and colour extraction that would transform the wine into a rosé or a red. At Tenuta Casali, where the family's love for experimentation and desire to create emotions sip after sip drives the constant evolution of the portfolio, the Blanc de Noir approach has been applied to the estate's red varieties with the precision and commitment that the technique demands.

The Brut Nature designation indicates that no dosage has been added after disgorgement — the driest possible style of sparkling wine, in which the wine's own character, without the softening and balancing influence of added sweetness, must carry the entire sensory experience. This is a style that demands quality at every stage: from the base wine through the secondary fermentation to the final disgorgement, nothing can be concealed by residual sugar.

Cavaliere is the wine through which the Casali estate demonstrates its sparkling wine ambitions and its willingness to explore the full range of styles that the Romagna territory and its varieties can produce. Available through UniqueWines.