Merlot
DOP Friuli Isonzo Merlot
Denomination
D.O.P. Friuli Isonzo
Residual sugar
Dry
Terroir
Dry and windy site on a stony gravel plain with reddish clay rich in iron oxide and aluminium.
Grape
100 % Merlot.
Training system
Guyot
Pest control
Low environmental impact integrated pest management
Harvest period
Late September
Vinification
The grapes are carefully destemmed and lightly crushed. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks with frequent pumping over a period of about three weeks, to extract pigments and aroma from the grape skins. Then follows racking.
Ageing
The wine ages for eighteen months. The bottled wine is left to rest in thermo-conditioned rooms.
Tasting Notes
Vintage 2016 | Alcool 13.50% vol
Appearance
Wine of a beautiful garnet red colour with initial, barely noticeable orange reflections at the rim. Compact colour and correct intensity. Excellent clarity and noticeably lively reflections.
Nose
The nose begins with a very distinctive and elusive note reminiscent of manna. It then opens with good intensity in a range of well-blended perfumes reminiscent of red fruit preserves, sweet and delicately expressed spices (cloves, cinnamon, licorice) and then crispy accompanied by a barely perceptible balsamic note. A complex wine on the nose, to be left to oxygenate in order to grasp the various and elegant nuances. The longer it is allowed to oxygenate, the more it is enriched in its elegance.
Palate
On the palate it is dry, the tannins are perceptible but delicate. The savoury note prevails, accompanied by a correct alcohol content; both blend perfectly, to give elegant taste-olfactory sensations. A ready and very enjoyable wine.
Serving suggestions
A wine to be paired with red meats, also with sauces, with hard and medium-aged cheeses (Montasio or Monte Veronese).
Serving temperature
To be offered, in a heated space, at 15°C (then room temperature brings it to optimum for tasting).
Annata 2017 | Alcool 12.0% vol
Appearance
Brilliance and clearness of this wine well expressed as a corollary of an intensive Ruby red with purple highlights.
Nose
The visual notes, of this young wine, are confirmed by hints of fresh fruit (small fruits especially red-rasp- berry, cherry), with delicate notes of freshly cut grass and streams of transparent spiciness (green and white pepper).
Palate
Tasting denotes a good correspondence with nose, confirming the fruitiness (raspberry and cherry with addition of plum ashes red Amolo). Fresh wine, well managed tannins, adequate structure and beautiful persistence. Suggesting a correct aeration of this wine, we denote already the excellent drink.
Serving suggestions
Although dedicated to meat dishes of farmyard animals or beef but also horse meat, it is a wine for the whole meal.
Serving temperature
To be served in a warm environment, at 16-17°C. Recommended aeration after uncorking.
Annata 2015 | Alcool 13.5% vol
Appearance
Crystal clear and bright in an elegant ruby red finish with vivid borders and natural transparencies.
Nose
Intense notes of red and black fruit flavours are dominating (raspberry, plum, blackberry) which perfectly complement the balsamic scents of the ageing woods.
Palate
With good structure, fruity, convincing for its nose-palate correspondence, its full body and discreetly fine tannin level that gives it life. Although still evolving, already extremely enjoyable.
Serving suggestions
Recommended serving with red meat or medium mature flavourful cheeses.
Serving temperature
To be served in a warm environment, at 16-17°C. Recommended aeration after uncorking.