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 2012
in the mouth, a sensation of unctuousity, denoting its body, with ripe tannins and pleasent 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°
