Merlot

D.O.C. FRIULI

TYPOLOGY: Dry red

VINEYARD SIZE: 17,70 hectares

GROWING AREA: Azzano Decimo-Porcía (Pordenone)

SOIL PROFILE: Deep soil with a silty-clay loam texture, sub-alkaline with moderate limestone

GRAPE VARIETY: Merlot

ASPECT: North-South

AVERAGE AGE OF VINES: 12 years

AVERAGE ALTITUDE: 15 metres asl

SISTEMA DI ALLEVAMENTO: Spurred Cordon

NUMERO DI VITI PER HA: 3.125 vines per hectare

PRODUCTION PER HECTARE: 9.000 kg per hectare

VINIFICATION: The grapes are delicately de-stemmed and pressed, maceration in steel for 7-9 days with selected yeasts at a controlled temperature of 28-32 ° C, with pumpovers and délestage. Pressing and racking into steel tanks for malolactic fermentation and maturation

MATURATION: In steel

BOTTLE AGEING: 3-4 months

APPEARANCE: Ruby red with purple glints

BOUQUET: Extremely fruity bouquet reminiscent of plum, small red fruits (blueberries, blackberries, currants, ...), floral (bouquet of rose and violets) and spicy notes in general, pepper in particular, licorice root; light vegetable notes (hay, tea leaves) and balsamic notes of eucalyptus make it fresh and complex to the nose

PALATE: Soft and balanced by a good freshness, which makes the sip pleasant, and by a delicate tannin

SERVING SUGGESTIONS: When young it goes perfectly with appetizers based on cold cuts, first courses with meat sauces, roasts (roast chicken), grilled chicken; rabbit meat “alla cacciatora”, stewed or pan-fried meat. Semi-mature cheeses. Try it with beef burgers

Note (Technical values for last harverst):
Alcohol: 12,50%
Total acidity: 4,90 g/l
Ph: 3,50
Dry extract: 3,46
Total SO2: 65 mg/l (legal maximum: 160 mg/l)
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