• Avignonesi Desiderio Merlot 2020
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Avignonesi Tuscany IGT Toscana

Avignonesi

Avignonesi Desiderio Merlot 2020

Red biodynamic still

Organic and sustainable
  • Avignonesi Desiderio Merlot 2020
  • Avignonesi Desiderio Merlot 2020
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Avignonesi Tuscany IGT Toscana
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12 bottles

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Denomination Toscana IGT
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Area Tuscany (Italy)
Grape varieties 92% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon
Aging 20 months in 225-litres oak barrels, 15% are new.
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Description

Desiderio was a bull which lived on Avignonesi’s Capezzine farm more than 100 years ago. The largest bull in Tuscany then, this majestic animal helped define the Chianina cattle race, specific to the Fiorentina steak. It came as a natural choice to dedicate this Merlot to the beloved bull as a testimony to the wine’s origin. This is a Merlot from Tuscany at its best.

Awards

  • 2020

    93

    /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.

  • 2020

    92

    /100

    Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.

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Perfume

Perfume

Notes of mint, coffee powder, cassis and pine forest come across.

Color

Color

Deep red.

Taste

Taste

Elegant tannins give way to a deep and velvety, long-lasting finish.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Producer
Avignonesi
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1974
  • Oenologist: Ashleigh Seymour, Matteo Giustiani
  • Bottles produced: 750.000
  • Hectares: 169
When in 1377 Gregory XI moved the papal seat from Avignon to Rome, some French families followed him to Italy, one of them, probably for simplicity, began to be called "Avignonesi".

Avignonesi consists of four wine-producing estates: Le Capezzine, I Poggetti, La Selva and La Lombarda. In total they comprise 225 hectares of open ground, 109 ha of vineyards and 3 ha of olive groves. Read more
Production area: Tuscany
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Name Avignonesi Desiderio Merlot 2020
Type Red biodynamic still
Denomination Toscana IGT
Vintage 2020
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Grape varieties 92% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Vendor Avignonesi
Origin Valiano di Montepulciano (Siena).
Soil composition Fluvial, clayey sediment of Pleistocene origin at Cortona. Moderately deep, clayey, silty sediment of Pliocene origin at Montepulciano.
Harvest The Merlot was picked between the 8th and the 14th of September, the Cabernet Sauvignon was picked on the 8th of October.
Wine making 4 weeks of temperature-controlled fermentation and maceration on the skins in stainless steel vats using indigenous yeasts. Malolactic fermentation is carried out in wood.
Aging 20 months in 225-litres oak barrels, 15% are new.
Allergens Contains sulphites