A wine that can delight the wine lover, and also the wine snob and also friends who don't particularly geek out on wine
What to expect
Intense dark and brooding fruit, with a surprising freshness
More about
The freshness and complexity surprise me every time. Yes, this has spent 15 months in French oak, and yet, because it is a slow wine, unfined, unfiltered, unstabilised (or maybe because it ages under a mountain?), it keeps a freshness and intensity of fruit that is just delicious. A very accessible intense merlot, in a good way.
Even if you're rather oak sensitive, like me, and even if you are in general fed up with Merlot, this will delight.
Wine Details
Style
Red, Still, Dry, Single Variety
Winemaker
Gialdi & Brivio
Country
Switzerland
Region
Ticino
Features
Oaked, Low Intervention, Old Vines, Vegetarian and Vegan
AOC
Ticino
Aged In
Barrel (new)
Closure
Natural Cork
Varieties
Merlot
Ripeness
Normal
Winemaking
Malolactic
Serving Suggestions
Don't think you have to stick with the usual "intense wine" matches of venison, duck, hung beef. This has a lot of flexibility, thanks to the unfiltered fruitiness. Easy to enjoy solo, easy to enjoy with lighter dishes, and especially delicious with ham on the bone.
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Bouquet: An intense inviting fruity bouquet of plums and blackberries. With hints of liquorice, coffee, and mint.
Palate: Smooth, rich, full-bodied and still fruity. It combines elegance and a superb structure with ripe and smooth tannins. Long with a good balance on the very persistent finish.
Vintages
2016
Product Code
41GB0916
Size
75cl
Alcohol
13.5
Last Tasted
5 Mar 2020
mature evolution?
No
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Case Size
6
Sweetness
dry
Closure
Natural Cork
Allergens
Contains Sulphites
2015
Product Code
41GB0915
Size
75cl
Alcohol
13.5
Last Tasted
5 Mar 2021
mature evolution?
No
Also Available at
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Case Size
6
Sweetness
dry
Closure
Natural Cork
Allergens
Contains Sulphites
2012
Product Code
4115244
Size
75cl
Alcohol
13.5
Last Tasted
5 May 2016
mature evolution?
No
Keep Until
2030+
Also Available at
Online Exclusive
Case Size
6
Closure
Natural Cork
Allergens
Contains Sulphites
Composition
Merlot 100%
More
The wine is vinified following the traditional bordelaise method with a maceration period of 13 - 18 days at 28 – 32°C. Once the malolactic fermentation is complete, the wine is matured for over 15 months in barriques of French oak. Frequent racking from the lees allows the wine to be bottled without fining, filtration or other physical stabilization. This may result in slight sediment in the bottle.
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