GIUSEPPE QUINTARELLI ROSSO CA DEL MERLO 2018 750ML

• A single-vineyard bottling

• After 3-4 days of maceration, primary fermentation starts with indigenous yeasts

• Wine is racked and then sits until February, when it is racked onto the lees of the Amarone which starts a second alcoholic fermentation (this process is called ripasso)

• After this fermentation, the wine is racked into large Slavonian oak barrels for seven years

Blend

55% Corvina and Corvinone, 15% Rondinella, 10% Cabernet, 15% Merlot, 5% Nebbiolo, Croatina, Sangiovese

Vine Age

30 years average

Soil

Limestone and Basalt

Vineyard Area

11 ha total