Andrea Franchetti is producing a collection of single vineyard Cabernet Francs and this is the first vintage of Tenaglia. Cabernet Franc is a grape Andrea believes is underestimated in Bordeaux. As mentioned before, it also rather suits his nature to focus on a variety currently out of fashion elsewhere in the world of wine. This is 100% Cabernet Franc, grown on a tiny west-facing plot of 0.3 hectares, lying at 520m altitude. The soil is 2.5 metre-deep, crumbly limestone. There is a spiciness in Tenaglia.The texture is super-fine – Andrea gave this a very light filtration which, in his words, “made it like silk”.