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Bertinga Merlot Volta di Bertinga 2016

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Denomination Toscana IGT
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Area Tuscany (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Merlot
Aging In French oak barriques, 30% of which were new, for a duration of about 18 months followed by at least as many months in bottle before release.
Year 2016
Product name Merlot Volta di Bertinga 2016
Perfume Complex nose, violet and blueberry, mineral notes.
Taste Wine of great body and balance while maintaining tension, clean and silky tannin, elegant, vertical and vibrant sip. Final with great persistence.
Pairings Roasts, braised meats, mature cheeses.
Region Tuscany
Country Italy
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Awards

  • 2016

    3

    This guide is highly respected and offers the most comprehensive review of Italian wines. It has a long tradition and is based on blind tastings carried out by over 100 experts.

  • 2016

    97

    /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.

  • 2016

    92

    /100

    The prestigious international wine guide from the renowned Robert Parker, the world's most experienced and trusted wine taster.

  • 2016

    3

    One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.

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Profumo

Perfume

Complex nose, violet and blueberry, mineral notes.

Gusto

Taste

Wine of great body and balance while maintaining tension, clean and silky tannin, elegant, vertical and vibrant sip. Final with great persistence.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Pairings

Roasts, braised meats, mature cheeses.

Meat
Game
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork

Producer
Bertinga
From this winery
  • Start up year: 2015
  • Oenologist: Stephane Derenoncourt, Elisa Ascani
  • Bottles produced: 75.000
  • Hectares: 22
Gaiole in Chianti, literally the heart of Tuscan viticulture, is the cradle of both the Chianti Classico appellation and of some of the most renowned Super Tuscans. A unique mosaic of 3 amongst the best known cru vineyards of the area - Bertinga, Adine and Vertine - all of them located on the north part of the territory. Bertinga is a name, a place, a vineyard, and a wine. It is an ancient name, with origins in the mists of time, referring to 6th-century AD Lombard settlements, and in all likelihood to an owner named Berto. That name became Le Bertinghe, and, more recently, Bertinga.

Bertinga gazes out over Tuscany from atop its winecellar at 540 metres. At its feet are three vineyards, two grape varieties, and one exceptional terroir: Gaiole in Chianti. The vineyards are Bertinga, Vertine, and Adine.

The 2019 Bertinga Volta received the following awards:

- 99 points James Suckling
- 3rd wine Top 100 Wines of Italy 2022 James Suckling
- Top 10 Guide of the best 100 wines and winemakers of Italy by Corriere della Sera 2024
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Name Bertinga Merlot Volta di Bertinga 2016
Type Red still
Denomination Toscana IGT
Vintage 2016
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Merlot
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Vendor Bertinga
Origin Gaiole in Chianti (SI)
Soil composition Eocene origin (50 million years ago), turbid sediments with a prevalent calcareous composition. Medium surface soils, 30-40 cm deep, light grey-brown, heavy and cold. Marl/calcareous soil. The soil composition and northern exposure make plot 10 the perfect terroir for Merlot.
Cultivation system Guyot
Plants per hectare 5200
Harvest ing was done by hand in 10 kg crates and the bunches were selected by hand on a sorting table.
Wine making The fermentation took place in steel vats.
Aging In French oak barriques, 30% of which were new, for a duration of about 18 months followed by at least as many months in bottle before release.
Total acidity 6.41 gr/L
PH 3.18
Year production 10890 bottles
Allergens Contains sulphites