Tasting Notes

• Color:

  Ruby red color.

• Aroma:

  It has an intense and fruity varietal expression, mature aromas but keeping the freshness. The main descriptors are blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, cassis and cloves with a touch of spicies.

• Tasting:

  The tasting in the mouth begins with a marked sensation of fruit developing to species in the aftertaste. Good body with vigor and integrated tannins. With expressive mouth, good volume and ripe tannins. Good body and fruity aftertaste.

• Pairing:

  Pastas, risottos, poultry meat and red meat.

• Terroir:

  Encruzilhada do Sul l Serra do Sudeste l RS | Brazil

• Variety:

  This Merlot (75%) is complemented with Tannat (15%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (10%) to give balance and personality to this wine.

• Vintage:

  2017

• Alcohol:

  13,0%

• Winemaking:

  Soil and microclimate: Granitic-sandy soil, good drainage and correct organic matter that allows a balanced development of the vines. Harvest: Manual harvesting with selection of bunches in the vineyard. Winemaking: Elaborated following the Purist Philosophy of Lidio Carraro. Harvest in the mid-March. Destemming grapes are managed directly to the fermentation tanks through gravity-flow, following a cold maceration for 24 to 48 hours. Afterwards, the fermentation was carried out using extractive practices that favored a fruity profile, with a good structure and mature tannins. The wine made malolactic fermentation and a natural stabilization during the winter. It was thinning in stainless steel tanks until it was bottled in January 2017.