Il Damerino – Veneto IGP Merlot
Features
ORIGIN OF THE NAME
This warm, elegant and seductive Merlot conquers the most refined palates, just like a dandy would do
NAME
Veneto IGP Merlot
ORIENTATION OF THE VINES
West
SOIL
Calcareous Marl
YEAR OF PLANTING
2005
DENSITY OF PLANTING
4000 vines per hectare
TRAINING SYSTEM
Guyot
GRAPE YIELD / HECTARE
0,90 – 1,00 t/ha
PICKING SEASON
End of September
GRAPES
100% Merlot
VINIFICATION
Destemming, pressing and fermentation on the skins for about 15 days in stainless steel tanks at a maximum temperature of 26°C, 2 daily pumping over to extract the colour and aromatic substances
WINEMAKING NOTE
3 months in steel tank then in a concrete tank for 8 months, bottled and a short period of aging in the bottle
ALCOHOL / SUGAR
13.5% alcohol – 4 g / lt sugar residual
TASTING NOTE
Intense ruby red with violet hues; a bit herbaceous, hints of violet, coffee, ripe red fruit and morello cherries on the nose. Warm and enveloping, with dense but soft and velvety tannins on the palate
SERVICE TEMPERATURE
18°C
FOOD PAIRING
Meat-based sauces, grilled meats, game birds
BOTTLE and CLOSURE
Bordolese Med / microgranule cork stopper / standard cork
0,75 lt bottle / cardboard box of 6 bottles / level of 11 boxes / pallet 8 levels – 528 bott.