Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
- Body
- Acidity
- Tannin
- Fruitiness
- Aroma
- Style
- Soft & berry-rich
- Red berries
- Dark berries
- Pairs with
- Beef
- Mature and hard cheese
- Mild and soft cheese
- Lamb
- Pork
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About this wine
An historical French variety, that was taken in Friuli Venezia Giulia in 1869 from the Count Teodoro de La Tour and become immediately the most popular red wine in the region.
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Beef
- Mature and hard cheese
- Mild and soft cheese
- Lamb
- Pork
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soils:
- -
- Terroir:
- -
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- -
- Storage:
- -
- Winemaker:
- GIANNI VENICA
After arriving in the cellar, the grapes underwent maceration for about 10 days; subsequently, the wine aged for some month, that exalts the elegance of this wine.
Meet the wine maker
GIANNI VENICAAbout the wine and its character
- Country:
- Italy
- Region/Subregion:
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Classification:
- -
- Certification:
- -
- Grape:
- Merlot 100%
- Vintage year:
- 2021
- Color:
- Quite intense ruby red.
- Aroma:
- Young, fruity, sightly herbaceous with a harmonious bouquet of red berries, in particular blueberries, prune, cherries, tomatoes leaves, fennel, and rhubarb. Sightly hints of officinal herbs like mint and thyme and A LIGHT balsamic note that fades into pine.
- Taste:
- On the palate, it is broad and deep, mid-bodied, juicy with hint of blackberries and cherry. Light and velvety tannin with hints of undergrowth in a soft and enveloping sip. The acidity is generally low.
- Alcohol content:
- 13.5%
- Sugar content:
- -
- Acidity:
- 5 g/l
- pH-value:
- -
- Sweetness:
- -
- Contains sulphite:
- No
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Closure:
- Agglomerate cork
- Bottle:
- Glass
- Best Served:
- -
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Meet the winemakers behind MERLOT
Information provided directly by the winery.
Information
- Winery
- VENICA & VENICA
- Founding year
- 1930
- Farming area
- 39 ha
- Production
- 320,000 bottles/year
From 1930 to today, through a series of harmonious generational changes, more than 90 years of passion, sacrifice and success have elapsed, in a synergistic relationship between the fascinating Collio and the constant love of the land, the vineyards and their grapes. Venica&Venica is a family enterprise with 40 hectares of vineyards all located in a D.O.C. production area called the Collio
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