Red
Langhe da uva Merlot
By Roberto Voerzio, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Merlot from the Fontanazza and Pissota vineyards in La Morra, first made in 2001.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Merlot
- Grape
- Merlot 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Vigneti Fontanazza-Pissota
- Production area
- La Morra
- Exposure
- east (Fontanazza), west (Pissota)
- Harvest
- mid to late September
- Vineyard planting
- Planting density 8,000 vines/ha; yield per vine 500 g; first vintage 2001; about about 4,000 bottles produced
- Vinification
- Fermented in steel; aged 15 months in barriques (30% new, 70% used), 5 months in steel and 24 months in bottle. Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation without added yeasts, lasting 10 to 30 days; malolactic in steel; wine moved to wood for ageing; not filtered; sulphites at bottling usually under half the legal limit.
- Serving temperature
- 15°C to 16°C; open the bottle 2-3 hours before serving if possible
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