LOTE 43 CABERNET MERLOT 2012

VINEYARD 

Purple-red, with shades ranging from ruby to brown. Good intensity, high lithing the aging aromas, such as prune, jam, leather, tobacco, truffle, mint, vegetables and nuts. Presents a great volume in the mouth, a sensation of unctuosity, denoting its body, with ripe tannins and pleasant persistence and a remarkable aftertaste. 

Variety 50% Merlot, 50% Cabernet Sauvignon 

Total alcoholic strength 14%v/v 

Total acidity 5.25g/L 

pH 3.71 

Residual Sugar 2.81 

Hand-picked grapes in boxes of 20 kg from the best vineyard of Miolo family, the Lot 43. The grapes were selected by hand on a selection conveyor, machine destemmed and gently crushed. Alcoholic fermentation and maceration in stainless steel tanks at a temperature from 28 to 30°C during approximately 15 days with simultaneous pigeages and pumping over the must for maximum extraction. Maceration after fermentation for 15 to 20 days . Complete and spontaneous malolactic fermentation. The Cabernet and Merlot wines were aged separately, 50% in new American oak and 50% in new french oak barrels. The wine was bottled without filtration and aged in our cellars for 1 more year. 

Region Vale dos Vinhedos - Serra Gaucha 

Altitute 650m a.s.l.

Latitude 29o South 

Age 7-12 years

Row orientation North South 

Trellis system VSP 

Plant system 4545 vines/ha. 

Yield 6000 - 8000 kg/ha. 

Rootstock P1103, SO4 

Soil Rocky-clay soil with a depth of 120cm 

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 16-18°