Tasting
Colour: red ruby
Bouquet: vanilla, different spices and fruity scents
Taste: very persistant and powerful in the mouth
Gastronomic coupling: red meat
Service Temperature: 18°-20 C
Vinification (Wine-making)
Method: the Merlot is vinified in steel tank with a temperature of 28°C for 12 days and it is subjected to frequent repassing of must over the grapes dregs. The Dolcetto instead has got a more delicate vinification for 7 days at 25°C.
Malolactic: carried out in stainless steel
Aging: in stainless steel tanks
Bottle
Empty bottle weight: 300 gr
Bottle type: Bordeaux bottle
Vineyard
% of Grape/Cépage: Merlot and Dolcetto
Soil: calcareous marl
Exposure: west
Agricultural method: traditional Guyot
Date of harvest: end of September
Type of harvest: manual
Chemical Analysis
Dry extract [g/l]: 29.1
Total acidity [g/l of tartaric acid equivalent]: 5.18
Volatile acidity [g/l acetic acid equivalent]: 0.56
Total SO2[mg/l]: 47