Merlot Cà Palazzina
I.G.TMerlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety It takes its name from the fact that the blackbird ("merlo" in Italian) likes eating its grapes very much!
Merlot grape is to be found in Northern Italy in the 19th century, where it could rely on ideal environmental conditions. It gives origin to interesting wines, both for their structure and for the food and wine pairings they can suggest (it then spread across all other regions very fast – that's why it is known as international vine).
In our line: Cà Palazzina – Merlot: we propose it pure as varietal.
Fully obtained from the grapes harvested in the homonymous estate owned by winery Albino Piona in San Rocco di S. Giorgio in Salici, Sona, Verona - Italy
The estate lies 10 km from Peschiera del Garda.
- Organoleptic properties
intense ruby red color.
To the nose, it is fruity with scents of violet, plums and blackberries.
In the mouth, you may perceive red berries; it is soft and complex.
- Grapes Varieties
- Merlot 100%
- Vineyards
- grapes come from vineyards of own property at Tenuta Cà Palazzina in S. Giorgio in Salici – Sona Verona.
- Altitude
- 150-200 MSL
- Soil
- Morainic hills south of Lake Garda.
- Cultivation
- Grown on espalier
- Vineyard Age
- 20/25 years
- No. of Stumps
- 5,000 stumps/ha
- Yield
- 90 quintals/hectare
- Harvest
- second half of September
- Vinification
traditional red wine vinification; grapes are destemmed and not crushed. After a short cold steeping, alcoholic fermentation at controlled temperature with short daily replacements takes place. At the racking, you get a rich, colored and very fruity wine. Refinement in stainless steel tanks for at least six months before bottling.
- The producer recommends
as a structured wine, it goes well with the dishes of the Veronese tradition.
Ideal with red meat and game.
- Serving Temperature
- 16 – 18 °C
- Alcohol Content
- 13 % Vol.
