Bosco del Merlo
Bosco del Merlo Vineargenti Rosso Riserva 2019
| Denomination | Venezia DOC |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Area | Veneto (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 70% Merlot, 30% Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso |
| Aging | The wine matures in barriques for 15 months. During this phase, the barrique becomes an oenological tool in which different types of wood and toasting are selected to enhance and balance the wine's natural intensity and power. The wine is then placed to mature in 30 hl oak barrels. This is followed by 12 months of bottle ageing. |
Description
This Reserve wine is made from a blend of Merlot, a Bordeaux variety, and Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, an indigenous variety. Both are cultivated in Lison, an area with high suitability for red grapes. The vineyards have a dense planting pattern and very low yields. The result of multiple harvests, of selections in the same plot where very few bunches per plant are brought to the desired levels of ripeness. This is a wine that will have to find balance and final quality in long ageing.
Awards
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2019
92/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
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Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Pairings
- Start up year: 1988
- Oenologist: Antonio Lucarelli
- Bottles produced: 880.000
- Hectares: 70
The Bosco del Merlo estate winery started up in 1977 in Annone Veneto, founded by siblings Carlo, Lucia and Roberto Paladin. Thanks to a profitable collaboration with the Istituto Sperimentale per la Viticoltura di Conegliano, a careful and modern zoning technique was immediately implemented in order to get the best out of the terroir, working the vineyard piece by piece. In the nineties, in the small town of Lison di Portogruaro, the cradle of viticulture in this wine-making region, a further 50 hectares of land was acquired, which therefore doubled capacity, increasing it to around 100 hectares in total.
Over the course of the years Bosco del Merlo has benefited from the advice of famous oenologists and experts from the Faculties of Oenology and Agriculture in Padua and Milan, such as Franco Bernabei and Leonardo Valenti, in its quest to find the most forward-thinking solutions for achieving optimal quality with the lowest environmental impact. Read more
| Name | Bosco del Merlo Vineargenti Rosso Riserva 2019 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Venezia DOC |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 70% Merlot, 30% Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Vendor | Bosco del Merlo |
| Origin | Annone Veneto (Venice). |
| Plants per hectare | 2,700-5,050. |
| Yield per hectare | 6,000 kg/hectare. |
| Harvest | By hand. |
| Wine making | After the late manual harvest, the two varieties are vinified separately with long macerations for 30-35 days. Only at the end, during the definition of the blend, are the exact percentages of the blend decided. |
| Aging | The wine matures in barriques for 15 months. During this phase, the barrique becomes an oenological tool in which different types of wood and toasting are selected to enhance and balance the wine's natural intensity and power. The wine is then placed to mature in 30 hl oak barrels. This is followed by 12 months of bottle ageing. |
| Total acidity | 6.0 gr/L |
| PH | 3.64 |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |