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Merlot COF
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Region:
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Friuli
Venezia Giulia |
Province: |
Udine |
| Town: |
San Giovanni
al Natisone |
Locality:
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Collina
– Località Ronchi |
| Altitude: |
750 ft (250 m) |
| Soil: |
Alternating layers of
chalky clay and chalky sand, crumbly and
very caracterisic for the Friulian hilside. |
| Grape variety: |
100% Merlot
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| Training of vines:
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Guyot |
| Vines/Acre: |
1,700 (4,300/Ha) |
| Age of vineyard: |
1950 |
| Yield/Acre: |
1,800 liter (4,500
liter/Ha) |
| Harvest: |
Mid October |
| Vinification:
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Started with rigorously selected enzimes and yeast strains,
regular pumping over of the must on the cap in conical
fermentation tanks that are temperature controlled. The wines
are aged for 18 months in barriques of 225 and 112 liter.
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Fermentation
container:
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Stainless
Steel
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Malolactic
fermentation:
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in barriques
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Filtration:
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No
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Fining:
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| Aging container: |
Barriques |
Bottling
date: |
July 2001 |
Release
date:
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March 2002
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| Acres: |
10 (4 Ha) |
Production: |
5,000 btls |
| Brix at harvest: |
23 |
Alcohol: |
13.0% |
| Total acidity: |
4.9 g/l |
Dry extract: |
25.4 g/l |
| PH: |
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Residual
sugar: |
2.2 |
| Color |
Full ruby red, brilliant |
| Fragrance |
Aromas of hay and small red berries.
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| Taste |
Red berries, soft, velvety and balanced
with a long pleasant finish. Very fulfilling
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| Food matching: |
Definately with tasty and flavorful red
meats and also very nice with salami and mature cheeses.
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VINILANDIA
USA – P.O. BOX 17614 – PORTLAND, ME 04112
WWW.VINILANDIAUSA.COM
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DOC
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Colli Orientali del Friuli Merlot, rosso; annata
consigliata: 1999; bottiglie: 10000; invecchiamento: barrique
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1999 (G.B.) 87
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