Refined wine, with great structure and complexity obtained from the extreme selection of the best Merlot grapes. Maturation in French oak barriques. It shows an intense ruby red. The nose is broad and elegant, with notes of cherry, morello cherry, raspberry, currant and pepper. Full and warm in the mouth with sumptuous, soft and elegant tannins.
Name 25° anniversary
Wine classification Merlot Colli Berici Doc
Grapes variety Merlot 100%
Production area Lonigo, in the heart of the Colli Berici Doc area
Bottles produced 6600
The vineyard
Soil - clay free grain, with medium-high limestone contents
Exposure - South – South/East
Altitude - Hill, 150 mt above sea level
Planting density - 6.000 vines/ hectare
Training system - spur pruned short cordon
Nr of buds per plant - 8
Yield per hectare - 70 quintals
Cultivation - spare fertilization, shoots trimming and thinning out of exce-eding grapes
Harvest period and method
Mid of September, hand-picking in crates
Vinification
Brief description: after grapes are crushed and de-stemmed, they remain for 12 days on their skins in 50Hl open vats, the cap is punched 6 times a day.
Fermentation equipment - stainless steel tanks
Fermentation temperature - 26° - 32° C
Maceration period - 12 days
Fermentation period - 15 days
Maturation period - 18 months in oak barrels Allier, Never, Limousin and Tronçais. Refined in bottles for 10 months
Bottling period - April-May, in the second year after harvesting
Description
Intense ruby red color.
Varietal aroma of ripe red fruit, black cherry, plum, with pleasant hints of chocolate, leather and licorice. Characterized by balsamic notes and light spiciness.
Soft, enveloping flavor, with a wealth of elegant and well-defined tannins.
Ageing potential
15-20 years
Food coupling
Game and various structured red meat dishes.
With some typical dishes ...
Stewed venison, baked woodcocks, spit-roasted torresani, polenta and little birds, capon, polenta and donkey, florentine.
Service temperature
Temperature -16°-18°C.; uncorK 1 hour before serving
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