Merlot di San Leonardo
Wine: Merlot di San Leonardo
Region: Trentino
Oenologist: Carlo Ferrini
Grapes: 100% Merlot
Vineyards location: Adige valley
Extension: 20 ha
Orientation: south
Altitude: 750 ft
Vine training: Guyot and Pergola
Soil: well-drained gravel and soil
Total production (btls): 45,000
Vinification: Grapes are destemmed and soft-crushed, with minimal use of sulphur dioxide. The juice ferments and macerates on the skins for a long period of time, during which the cap is punched down daily. The must is cold-clarified by allowing the lees to settle.
Ageing: For 18 months in 60-hectolitre Slavonian oak barriques. In the bottle for at least four months before release onto the market.
This wine has a brilliant ruby red, with attractive depth and decent length. The aromas are alcohol and fruit-rich when the wine is young, later mellowing with bottle age into ripe plum fruit layered over a faintly grassy background note. Dry, soft and well-balanced on the palate, it reveals a pleasing bitterish twist in the finish. Good aromatic length. A classic food wine with rice and pasta in tomato or meat sauces such as lasagna, and meat or cheese filled pasta, as well as grilled and stewed meats, poultry, white meats and soft cheeses.
LOVELY IN EVERY WAY!
WINE ON LINE RATING: A MINOR
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