Alpha Box & Dice Enigma Barbera Sileni Cellar Selection

Alpha Box & Dice Enigma Barbera Sileni Cellar SelectionWith the colour of arterial blood, the nose reveals wild berries, rhubarb and custard. The palate oozes strawberries and cream mixed with pink lemonade. "Riddle me this What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end and the end of every race? Its E of course. The AB&D Enigma is a puzzle well worth solving, as a puzzle has many sides, only some visible at first, but the deeper you dig the more is revealed.

The red wines develop beautiful aromas of ripe red and black berries with a fleshy texture

Fermentation occurs naturally without the addition of any yeasts after a cold soak of about 3 to 5 days

The wine was fined with bentonite and cold-stabilized before bottling to prevent tartaric precipitations in the bottle

2015 vintage - IWSC Awards - Silver

or a range of dim sum

Intense cherry red colour with a garnet rim

Light gold in colour

Since 1998

After an indigenous ferment the wine is given another 5-7 days post ferment time on skins

Aluvial origin

with the fermentations pumped over to extract good colour

The grapes come only from their own 350-400m altitude vineyards in the Chianti Classico zone