Schietto Terre Siciliane Merlot Bio IGP 2016 magnum - Dei Principi di Spadafora

Grape variety: Merlot 100% CHARACTERISTICS: Colour: bright purple red. Bouquet: hints of wild berries and tomato leaf. Taste: balanced tannins. Vinification and ageing: Spontaneous fermentation from pied de cuve of our grapes in the absence of sulfur dioxide, in a cement tank. Maceration up to 10 days at controlled temperature. Aging: 1 year in cement tanks and 1 year in steel tanks. FOOD PAIRINGS: risotto with porcini mushrooms, blueberry biscuits. RECOMMENDED TEMPERATURE: 16° – 18° C. TECHNICAL DATA: Origin: Contrada Virzì, Monreale, Palermo Map sheet 142 Exposure: North-West Altitude: 300 slm Soil: Sandy-clayey granulometry Training: Simple Guyot espalier Planting density: 5,000 plants/hectare Planting year: 2000 Harvest: August Yield: 40 hectoliters/hectare Label