Varietal: Merlot 100%
CHARACTERISTICS:
Colour: purple red
Bouquet: scent of wild berries and of tomato leaves
Taste: well balanced tannins
Vinification and ageing: Spontaneous fermentation on a pied de cuve of our grapes, without sulfur dioxide, in cement vats. Up to 10 days of temperature controlled maceration
Ageing: 1 year in cement tanks, 1 year in steel tanks
SUGGESTED PAIRINGS:
Porcini mushrooms risotto and blueberry cookies
RECOMMENDED TEMPERATURE: 16° – 18° C.
TECHNICAL DATA:
Origin: Contrada Virzì, Monreale, Palermo
Map Sheet 142
Exposure: North-West
Altitude: 300 m above sea level
Soil: Sandy-clay
Training system: Simple Guyot espalier
Density: 5.000 plants per hectare
Year of planting: 2000
Harvest: August
Yield: 40 hl/hectare
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