SOUTH TYROL DOC

MERLOT 2023

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Grape variety / 100 % Merlot

Location / Bergmannhof, St. Pauls/Eppan

Soil / Clayey, limestone-gravel soils with very stony sections

Training system / Guyot

Yield / 70 hl/ha

Age of vines / 23 years

Harvest / by hand, end of september

 

Vinification / Fermentation on the skins in large wooden
barrels for 2-3 weeks, malolactic fermentation. Aged for 8
months in large oak barrels and 500-litre tonneaux, bottled
in may 2024.

 

No. of bottles / 3.400 of 0,75 l

 

Analytical data

Alcohol / 13,0 vol %

Residual sugar / 1,7 g/l

Total acidity / 5,1 g/l

 

Drinking temperature / 16-18 °C