Aldone IGT Toscana Rosso Merlot Riserva
IGT Toscana Rosso Merlot Riserva
This Merlot comes from our oldest vines, planted by Emilio in the early fifties.
It is the wine that represents the evolution and identity of the company in the territory of “Bolgheri”.
A pure Merlot available on the market only in particular vintages, or balanced vintages in which the grapes have matured gradually, reaching truly high quality standards.
Manual harvesting and selection of the grapes in the cellar, fermentation and aging for 18 months in new and carefully selected French oak barrels.
Further long aging in bottle.
Delivery: 2 to 6 weeks
Delivers all over the world by truck, air and sea. In LCL or full container.
Shelf Life / Products Validity: We always deliver with the maximum validity.
Wine from the Tuscany
Variety: Merlot
Fining: 18 months in new French oak barrels
Vines per hectare: 7143
Yield per hectare: 60 ql
Yield per plant: 840 gr.
Soil: medium-textured clay
Alcohol vol. (%): 14.5 %
Size / Format: 750 ml
Tasting notes:
Color: Intense ruby red almost impenetrable.
Aroma: Opens the nose, imposing and full of ripe black fruits and plums in jam but also chocolate and tobacco, supported by qualifying notes of oak.
Taste: The impact at its entrance in the mouth is powerful and lush, soft and smooth.
Good in the middle and very well balanced with its relationship between fruit, alcohol and tannic extraction.
It proceeds flavorful and tasty with great substance and juiciness in a pleasantly long finish assisted by tannins still very present.
Service temperature: 18 °C
Pairings: roasts - noble game - aged cheeses
How much is kept in the cellar: about 15 - 20 years.
The Winery
The heart of the company, within it grow wines marquis ground.
Built in 2000 the winery in small size makes use of cutting-edge technologies that together with the local traditions allow for maximum control and the good workmanship from harvest to bottling.
Inside the winery conical reservoirs are mainly used to support the work of fulling is done during the harvest.
The vats have all the control of the temperature independent from one another.
The barrel receives French oak barrels where strictly within sharpen their structure: Emilio Primo, Il Tarabuso and Marchesale.
Environment from the temperature always checked allows the correct growth of our wines.
Data sheet
- Box:
- 6 bottles