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Elegant, balanced, with a fresh finish - beautiful wine. Always surprises me by being better than I remember. How do they do it?
Winemaker | Gialdi & Brivio |
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Features | Oaked, Low Intervention, Old Vines, Vegetarian and Vegan |
Style | Red, Still, Dry, Single Variety |
Varieties |
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.
Style | Red, Still, Dry, Single Variety |
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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 |
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.
Product Code | 41GB0916 |
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Size | 75cl |
Alcohol | 13.5 |
Last Tasted | 5 Mar 2020 |
mature evolution? | No |
Also Available at | Online Exclusive |
Case Size | 6 |
Sweetness | dry |
Closure | Natural Cork |
Allergens | Contains Sulphites |
Product Code | 41GB0915 |
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Size | 75cl |
Alcohol | 13.5 |
Last Tasted | 5 Mar 2021 |
mature evolution? | No |
Also Available at | Online Exclusive |
Case Size | 6 |
Sweetness | dry |
Closure | Natural Cork |
Allergens | Contains Sulphites |
Product Code | 4115244 |
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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% |
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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