• Planeta Cabernet Franc Didacus 2018
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Planeta

Cabernet Franc Didacus 2018

Red green still

Organic and sustainable
  • Planeta Cabernet Franc Didacus 2018
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Planeta Sicily
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2017 , 2020
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Denomination DOC Menfi Rosso
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Area Sicily (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Cabernet Franc
Aging 20 months in barriques. A battonage is carried out every two weeks throughout the ageing period.
Other years 2017 , 2020
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Description

Cabernet Franc DOC 'Didacus' owes its name to the nickname used to call Diego Planeta. A wine dedicated to Planeta's founder and his vision for the most difficult and most exciting challenge. A red wine produced from the best Cabernet Franc grapes, hand-picked in the vineyard near Menfi.

Awards

  • 2018

    4

    Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.

  • 2018

    92

    /100

    James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.

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Tasting notes

Profumo

Perfume

On the nose hints of red fruit, accompanied by spicy notes.

Colore

Color

Ruby red.

Gusto

Taste

On the palate the wine is full, energetic and gritty.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Producer
Planeta
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1995
  • Oenologist: Alessio Planeta
  • Bottles produced: 2.500.000
  • Hectares: 371
Planeta is one of Sicily’s benchmark wineries, with an agricultural heritage passed down through 17 generations since the 16th century. Since the creation of the winery in the 1980s, Planeta has played a central role in elevating Sicilian wine, interpreting the island’s extraordinary diversity. The vineyards span five outstanding territories—Menfi, Vittoria, Noto, Etna and Capo Milazzo—each expressed through wines deeply connected to their place of origin. Production is entirely organic and combines research, sustainability and environmental respect. It is a contemporary vision rooted in the land, placing wine and territory at the center while looking to the future with coherence and responsibility.

Xtrawine offers a selection of Planeta wines awarded by AIS, representing high‑quality vintages such as 2016 and 2017. These wines showcase the richness of Sicilian terroirs through intense, harmonious aromas with fruity and floral notes, and a defined, balanced and deeply distinctive palate. Read more
Production area: Sicily
Sicily
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Meat
Cheese
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Name Planeta Cabernet Franc Didacus 2018
Type Red green still
Denomination Menfi DOC
Vintage 2018
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Cabernet Franc
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Vendor Planeta
Soil composition Made of 46% clay, 22% silt, 32% sand.
Cultivation system Spurred cordon
Plants per hectare 4,545
Yield per hectare 1,250 kg/hectare.
Harvest By hand, followed by manual sorting on the whole bunches, with a 2-2.5% waste.
Wine making Grapes are destemmed and crushed. The fermentation occurs in three different ways, with temperatures between 18-24°C and direct inoculation of selected yeasts. Malolactic fermentation takes place in barriques.
Aging 20 months in barriques. A battonage is carried out every two weeks throughout the ageing period.
Total acidity 5.9 gr/L
PH 3.4
Allergens Contains sulphites

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