Merlot Rocol | Borgo dei Posseri

DENOMINATION: Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
TYPE: red
GRAPE: Merlot 100%
REGION OF ORIGIN: Italy, Trentino Alto Adige
AGEING POTENTIAL: 4/5 years
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 16-18° C
GLASS: medium-size glass
ALCOHOL: 13,5% vol.
FORMAT: 75 cl

 

THE WINE

TECNHICAL SPECIFICS

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NOTES BY OUR SOMMELIERS

👁 a beautiful intense ruby red;

👃🏻 intense fruit notes emerge on the nose (above all: berries), with intriguing notes of coffee.

👄 on the palate it is full-bodied, harmonious and soft.

 

FOOD PAIRINGS

This Merlot is an extraordinary wine, endowed with intensity, persistence and a soft tannin that makes it pleasant to drink. It loves dishes with succulence, fatness and greasiness. It pairs very well to dishes of cheeses, cured meats, meats and risottos. In particular, we recommend it with porcini mushroom risotto.

WINE-MAKING AND REFINEMENT

A Merlot that offers unique sensations. The vineyards are south facing at an altitude of 550 meters above sea level. The training method is spurred cordon. The harvest is done by hand after careful selection in mid-October. After a soft pressing-destemming, the red vinification takes place with fermentation and maceration of the skins for 2 weeks. Maceration in barriques for 13 months and subsequent refinement in the bottle follows.

YOU WILL LOVE IT FOR...

its persistence and elegance.

 

ORIGIN

TERROIR

We are in Ala, in the province of Trento, in the Trentino Dolomites. It is a unique area for growing grapes. Under the layer of vegetal soil we find a soil composed of silty-clayey sand and compact moraines rich in scattered gravelly and pebbly elements. Inside, the area is characterized by plots with different morphological characteristics, position and microclimate.
The morphology of the landscape alternates areas with more evident slopes, covered by woods, with flatter surfaces, partly arranged in terraces, often supported by dry stone walls on the valley side.

A mild continental alpine climate with the Dolomites shielding the region from the cold northern winds and Lake Garda with its mitigating influence. The strong temperature variations between day and night, an average temperature of 18° C during the vegetative period, and the presence of frequent rainfall, are the ideal ingredients for harvesting quality and perfectly ripe grapes.

WINERY

Borgo dei Posseri is a winery from Ala, in the Trentino Dolomites, is made up of an area of ​​21 hectares of vineyards, while surrounding woods, meadows and pastures also alternate. The land, already used for pasture grazing, has been transformed into a vineyard since 2000, following the most innovative winemaking techniques, trying to maximize the natural beauty of the area. Great attention was also paid to the selection of young vines that come from the best nurseries in Europe, all with the aim of making fine wines with a well-defined character.

The production orientation is to enhance the environmental variety (morphology, exposure, location, origin and characteristics of the land) through a combination of vine and environment such as to produce wines with a strong personality and originality. The espalier-trained vineyards with guyot pruning fit into this context. The vines grown are: Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon, Gewürztraminer, Chardonnay, Merlot and other varieties. The climatic conditions of the site allow the vines to express levels of finesse and persistence of absolute value.