Scarlatto – Colli Euganei DOC Red Wine

Features

ORIGIN OF THE NAME
The colour of Catholic vestments and of academic robes of Doctor of Medicine for our flagship wine!

NAME
Colli Euganei Doc Rosso

ORIENTATION OF THE VINES
South – West

SOIL
Calcareous Marl

YEAR OF PLANTING
2000

DENSITY OF PLANTING
4000 vines per hectare

TRAINING SYSTEM
Guyot

GRAPE YIELD / HECTARE
0,80 t/ha

PICKING SEASON
End of September

GRAPES
60% Merlot – 40% Cabernet Sauvignon

WINEMAKING NOTE
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 for the extraction of colour and aromatic substances; the wine is poured into barriques and tonneaux where malolactic fermentation continues for about a month

MATURATION and REFINING
18 months in barriques and tonneaux then in concrete tanks for 6 months, bottling and refinement in the bottle

ALCOHOL / SUGAR
13.5% alcohol – 4 g / lt sugar residual

TASTING NOTE
Intense ruby colour; aromas of vanilla, spices, morello cherry and red fruit on the nose; dry, full bodied with soft and well balanced tannins on the palate

SERVICE TEMPERATURE
18°C

FOOD PAIRING
Grilled red meat, game or savoury aged cheeses

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.

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