Tenuta Santa Maria alla Pieve di Gaetano Bertani
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Decima Aurea Merlot Veneto
Brand:
Tenuta Santa Maria Alla Pieve by Gaetano Bertani
Colour:
Ruby Red
Description
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Description
The wine:
- A world-class premium, elegant and complex Merlot with a full body, great aromas and deep spices, obtained from low-yield vineyards with a density of 9500 vines per hectare. A highly awarded wine from a familywith over 150 years of winemaking tradition.
- Veneto-Indicazione Geografica Tipica.
- Expressing the local terroir with an international grape variety by combining Merlot with the Veronese tradition.
- of the drying process.
- Tenuta S. Maria alla Pieve Estate, situated in Val d’Illasi, 10 miles east of Verona, with the vineyards exposed from north to south on a slightly sloping hill.
- Primarily clay with deeper calcareous layers.
- Merlot 100% selected from three clones.
- Training:
- Rammed cord, 9500 vines per hectare.
- 1991/1993.
- Due to the high density of the vines, more than 70% of the vineyards’ management is mechanical. However, the winter pruning of the vines, the green harvest in spring and summer and the harvest is done by hand.
- A part of the grapes are picked in late September and left to dry for about a month in protected but airy locales on the Estate. Another part of the harvest takes place in the first part of October in a stage of over-ripening. The two harvests are fermented separately and then blended for fining in oak barriques for about 14 months. After bottling the wine undergoes a brief period of final refining.
- Analytical data:
- Alcohol 14.5% by vol.
- Intense dark red with purple nuances. A complex aroma which reminds one of the wild berries, together with hints of coffee and vanilla-flavoured chocolate. Tannins are soft, very well balanced with acidity and consistency of the wine. Long and persistent on the palate, with a finale that reminds one of aromatic spices.
- 15°/18°C from a decanter.
- Risottos, red meat, game and aged savoury cheese.
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Supplier info last updated: 3 Sep 2013
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