GRAPES: 100% Merlot

YEARS OF PLANTING: 1976 - 1996

VINEYARD: grassy – not irrigated, cultivation systme Guyot.

VINIFICATION: : The meticulous manual selection of the grapes follows de-stemming and fermentation for about 18 days at a controlled temperature of 26/27 ° C, with frequent pumping over.

RIPENING:  in steel for 16 months

TASTING NOTES :
Ruby red color with violet reflections. Intense, pleasant and balanced bouquet, with cherry and sour cherry, with delicate hints of raspberry, reminiscent of fresh red fruit

PAIRING:
Merlot is a wine that goes along well with red meat, such as roast beef, boiled, roasted, aged cheeses, poultry and stewed rabbit.

THE HISTORY:
Black grape variety is native to the Bordeaux area where, together with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, it contributes to the production of the most famous wines in the world.
It was introduced in Italy in 1880 by Senator Pecile and Count Di Brazzà, to spread at first in Friuli and then in Veneto. In Friuli Venezia Giulia, it has certainly found a land of choice: a cornerstone of Friulian enology, it is today the most widespread black grape variety.