Sejana Merlot 1998

Rich and powerful well-balanced wine with great complexity and soft tannins. Violets and black cherries on the nose. A massively structured wine showing layers of densely packed fruit with plum, marmalade, raisins and hints of chocolate. Well-integrated fruit and oak.


variety : Merlot [ Merlot ]
winery : Savanha
winemaker : Stephane de Saint Salvy
wine of origin : 
analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol  rs : 2.95 g/l  pH : 3.78  ta : 5.06 g/l  

in the vineyard : SOIL TYPE: Granite-based soil
Grapes of two trellised, north-facing vineyards. 12-year-old vines.

about the harvest: The grapes were harvested in the last two weeks in February 1999 at 24°B.

in the cellar : Bunches are de-stemmed and grapes crushed before the juice is chilled to 18°C. The juice is fermented in small stainless steel tanks with each vineyard treated separately before evaluation and blending three months later. The vinification procedure is conducted with great care. The extraction of colour and flavour is long and soft and the temperature of the process is controlled with precision. The wines are transferred to barriques for malolactic fermentation. Between 30 and 40% of these are new barrels. The wines are fined with egg white before bottling. Maturation was 30 to 40% in new French oak barrels for 12 months.

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