LAZIO IGT "MONTIANO" 2017 - COTARELLA

Denomination : Lazio IGT

Vintage : 2017

Alcohol : 14.5%

Region : Lazio (Italy)

Format : 0.75 l

Grapes : Merlot 100%

Merlot is a vine with a long tradition on these hills where it has demonstrated remarkable adaptation to all its particular pedoclimatic characteristics. The grapes here reach an extraordinary level of ripeness, then expressing themselves in perfectly balanced and remarkably pleasant wines of the highest elegance.

This Merlot comes from low-productivity vineyards, where management was more rigorous. Once they arrived in the cellar, the grapes were subjected to manual selection, which allowed only the best grapes to start fermenting. At the end of fermentation, the wine obtained was placed in French oak barriques where it was aged for 12 months.

Intense ruby ​​red color. On the nose you can perceive sensations of red fruit, cherry, blackberry, then the sweetness of the variety and its integration with the wood emerge. Round, soft, intense, silky and elegant in taste. Soft tannin, persistent and very pleasant finish.