WINES - IlMerlot

Merlot del Sebino I.G.T.

Merlot 100%.

From 3 vineyards.

25 years.

August 26, 2003.

6,300 kilos / 4,200 liters.

Merlot: Sugars 240 grams/liter; pH 3.32; Total acidity 6.10 grams/liter.

After hand selection the Merlot grapes taken from 3 vineyards are destalked, pressed and transferred into vats via gravity. Alcoholic fermentation lasted 12 days, carefully controlling temperature so it gradually rose from an initial 21 to a final 31ºC. When fermentation finished the temperature was kept at about 28 to 30ºC for the entire period of post-fermentation maceration. The whole process took a total of 24 days. Afterwards the still warm wine was decanted into small oak barrels, 65% new, where it aged for 12 months and also underwent malolactic fermentation. After the wood-aging the wine was bottled using an innovative oxygen-free, agitation-free system that best preserves its inherent quality.

November 30, 2004.

4 years and 5 months.

Alcohol 13.5% Vol.; pH 3.47; Total acidity 4.90 grams/liter; Volatile acidity 0.48 gram/liter.