FORMAT: 0.75L
GRAPE VARIETY: 100% MERLOT
VINTAGE: 2019
PLACE: AOSTA VALLEY - ITALY
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13%VOL
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The red wines of Les Cretes are born between 350-800 m above sea level. The vineyards are divided into micro-plots (with an average extension of less than 1500 m2), on a steep slope and are characterized by medium planting density (6-9,000 feet/ha). In addition to the areas of Les Crêtes and La Tour di Aymavilles, with a North/West exposure, the grapes are also found in the Les Toules vineyards of Sarre, a historic vocational area of Torrette, and in the vineyards of Saint Christophe with a South exposure. Nebbiolo, on the other hand, has always been present in the Aosta Valley, and is grown in the alluvial valley floor of glacial origin (in the vocational areas of Arnad and Issogne).
In the Bufferia and Sazzé areas of Aymavilles, the grapes destined to become our most traditional red wines originate. The vineyards are 20 to 70 years old, they are the old family vineyards . The soil is sandy and steep, with a West exposure.
The Pinot Noir Revei, which in patois means clock, is instead linked to the history of the medieval tower that dominates the Aymavilles vineyard where the grapes with which we produce this long-awaited wine are grown.
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VINIFICATION:
Grape selection and destemming, whole berry fermentation for 12 days at a temperature of 25°C, with daily pumping over. Maturation for 18 months in 300L French oak barriques. Bottle aging for 12 months.
THE WINE:
Brilliant, deep ruby. On the nose, notes of small red fruits, blueberry and blackberry jam accompany the floral ones, of violet and rose. On the palate, the spicy nuances combine with hints of toasted cocoa, making the finish persuasive.
SERVING TEMPERATURE:
16/18 °C
CULINARY PAIRING:
Donkey stew, Florentine steak, veal ossobuco, rack of lamb.
CURIOSITY':
Merlot Le Merle was born from Elena and Eleonora's desire to experiment and innovate. Les Crêtes challenges, with an international variety, the vocation of the Aosta Valley terroir, to obtain a mountain Merlot, of great consistency and elegance. It is called Le Merle, in French the Blackbird, because the vineyard, during the harvest, is crowded with blackbirds, which are greedy for it.