AYAMA Merlot 2010

This is a supple, elegant and very appealing wine with the tannins well integrated, but prominent enough to need a year or two longer to show off the ripe, fleshy black-cherry, chocolate shadings to their best advantage.

Ideal served at: 18 - 19° C

A wine for classic roasts, great steaks and venison and soft, creamy cheeses.

variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]

winery : AYAMA Wines

winemaker : Michela Dalpiaz

wine of origin :

analysis : alc : 14.02 % vol rs : 1.6 g/l pH : 3.5 ta : 5.0 g/l va : 0.49 g/l so2 : 56 mg/l fso2 : 29 mg/l

type : Red style : Dry taste : Fragrant wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

ageing : Ready for immediate enjoyment but will mature well for up to three years.

in the vineyard : Climate: Mediterranean climate with moderate summers and cold, rainy winters. Rainfall of approximately 600 - 800 mm annually.

Soil: Gravelly, well-drained soils, as well as Perderberg mountain sandstone.

about the harvest: February by hand

in the cellar : Grapes were harvested at an optimum ripeness of 24° B, inoculated with a pure yeast strain and fermented on the skins until dry. After alcoholic fermentation was completed, malolactic fermentation took place before the wine was matured in steel tanks.

Bottling: August

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