Bricco del Padrone – Red wine

Grapes:
Pure Merlot (Bordeaux clone 181F) intensely thinned to obtain a limited production load

Vinification:
Destemming, maceration carried out for about 12-15 days, after racking the wine is placed in oak barrels for three-quarters of French oak and American oak quarter

Refining:
The wine is stored in oak barrels for a period of 12-16 months, depending on the year; a month before bottling is assembled in a steel tank for final finishing operations, after bottling is aged in glass for 6 months

Organolectic characteristics

Color:
Ruby red with purple veins dense and compact up to the cup edge.

Bouquet:
Fine, very complex, you can pick up notes of ripe blackberry, sweet licorice, chocolate and tobacco.

Taste:
Very full and harmonious, soft, great length and elegance.

Best with:
Wild venison, prepared with truffles, cheeses long maturation (Italian Gorgonzola, Stilton and Blue Cheese).

Best at temperature:
16-18° C, in large ballons

Packaging:
6 bottles in heavy cardboard box

Annual production:
1.200 bottles.