Red
Cuntrà
By Castello di Razzano, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Merlot sold as Vino Rosso, 15.5% vol, three years in French barriques. Yield 30 hl per hectare (Italian sheet), hand harvested.
Tasting notes
Deep red tending to garnet, with aromas of raspberry, black cherry and chocolate. Pleasantly tannic and spicy.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Vino Rosso
- Grape
- Merlot 100%
- Production area
- Altitude 290 m
- Soil
- Clay, calcareous with marly subsoil
- Exposure
- South, south-west
- Vinification
- Stainless steel tanks at a controlled 30°C, maceration on the skins for 10 days. Ageing 3 years in French oak barriques, 50% new and 50% second use. Summer thinning removes 15% to 40% of the bunches. Ageing potential 8-10 years from bottling.
- Serving temperature
- 18°
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