Merlot Sotto La Quercia | Le sode di Sant Angelo

DENOMINATION: Merlot Costa Toscana IGT
TYPE: red
GRAPE: 100% merlot
ORIGIN: Italy, Tuscany
AGEING POTENTIAL: 5-6 years
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 16-18° C
GLASS: wide red wine glass
ALCOHOL: 15% vol.
FORMAT: 75 cl

THE WINE

TECHNICAL SPECIFICS

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NOTES BY OUR SOMMELIERS

👁 a beautiful ruby red with violet hues;

👃🏻 on the nose it expresses an elegant and complex bouquet with red fruits and jam, balsamic and sweet spice hints;

👄 the palate is characterised by an excellent gustative structure, it is soft and full-bodied thanks to the slow process of "elevage" in barrique. Smooth tannin and good final persistence: very pleasant.

FOOD PAIRINGS

A wine of great structure and character, undoubtedly to be paired with tasty and succulent dishes, especially meat dishes (one suggestion above all: braised meat). But a glass should also be enjoyed on its own.

WINE-MAKING AND REFINEMENT

Grapes from south, south-east facing soils of a clayey type: soils very rich in skeleton, gypsum and micro-elements, with perfect natural drainage and steep slopes (vines at 325 metres above sea level). Harvest in the first ten days of September with slight over-ripening of about 50% of the grapes. Vinification for 18 days with frequent pumping over and soaking with at least 3 delestages during the process, malolactic fermentation completely carried out in steel before transfer to barrique. Maturation 12 months in new French oak barriques and second and third passage Balkan oak barriques. Just 3500 bottles produced per year.

YOU WILL LOVE IT FOR...

its ageing potential.

ORIGIN

TERROIR

Tuscany is unique for grape cultivation. Its history is centuries old, a land civilised since Etruscan times.
The estate is located in the hilly area of Montebamboli, in the municipality of Massa Marittima, within an evocative territory between the coasts of the Tuscan Maremma and the heights of the Metalliferous Hills. These lands, located between Grosseto and Siena, have been known since Etruscan times for the presence of minerals such as iron, copper, lead, zinc and gypsum deposits. The constant presence of sea breezes, combined with the scarcity of spring rainfall, cradle the perfect ripening of the grapes, giving our wines an unmistakable quality note.
The 'capitals' of Chianti, on the other hand, are the cities of Florence and Siena, and its lands straddle the two provinces: 70,000 hectares that comprise the entire municipalities of Castellina in Chianti, Gaiole in Chianti, Greve in Chianti, Radda in Chianti and in part those of Barberino Tavarnelle, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Poggibonsi and San Casciano in Val di Pesa. The vineyards face south and west at 360-530 metres above sea level. The soil consists of marly limestone, schist marl, clay schist and, subordinately, sandstone. The skeleton is essentially composed of alberese and galestro, ideal for sangiovese, and sandstone and clay in some individual vineyards such as Casi. Sangiovese, the region's main grape variety, is a great interpreter of the unique characteristics of the Black Rooster land.

WINERY

In 2001, Luca Purgatorio decided to start the winery, identifying the ideal place to plant the vines and raise high quality vines: he found it in the heart of the Tuscan Maremma, at the end of a winding road surrounded by thick woods.
40 hectares of land in the wild with a view of the Gulf of Follonica, rugged and barren become a select vineyard.
After twenty years, the winery is a niche reality that has focused heavily on quality, in the vineyard and in the cellar. The recipe lies in the excellence of its wines and the passion and expertise of the people who run it.