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MERLOT Eminent
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An elegant, sophisticated wine made from selected best grapes from vineyards on terraces. Our vineyards bring out its potential with specific soils, locations and microclimates, making it a smooth and structural wine with a great deal of colour and flavours.
Grape variety: Merlot
Wine region: Goriška brda - Slovenia
Soil: flysch of Eocene origin (marl and sandstone with a predominantly clayey component), the soil is rich in minerals and marine fossils.
Vineyard orientation: SE
Altitude: 140 m
Vine training: single Guyot
Grape harvest: October. Hand harvesting at full ripeness, selected grapes. Gentle handling of grapes and must.
Maceration: 14 days on the skins in stainless steel tanks. Fermentation is completed in stainless steel tanks.
Barrels: Barriques, made to our order from Slovenian oak, selection.
Maturation: Natural maturing in 225 –Litre oak barrels (barrique) for three years. Maturing continues after bottling. Tertiary aromas will develop over the years to come.
Sugar level: dry
Bottle and packaging: Bordolese EUROPEA 0,75 l/12 bottle cardboard box.
Serving temperature: 18 °C
We recommend opening the bottle about one hour prior to tasting the wine. The aroma is fully developed through the process of decanting.
Description: Ruby red colour. With longer maturing, it acquires brick-red hues. A vibrant and unique bouquet, full of balsamic notes. On the palate, ripe fruit, strawberries, cherries in liqueur, aromatic herbs and soft spiciness. Complex and structured flavour. A mature full-bodied wine with pleasant acidity and ripe, soft tannins. An elegant, sophisticated wine. Long, fresh and noble aftertaste.
Great potential for bottle maturing.
Food pairing
Appetizers: young prosciutto in dough
Appetizers: Red wine mushrooms
Appetizers: large noodles with meat sauces
Appetizers: duck file Port
Red meat: beefsteak with sauce
Red meat: roasted pork belly
Red meat: Florentine steak
Game: wild boar cutlet, dumplings with venison ragout
Cheese: mature cheeses
MERLOT Eminent reaches its maximum expression in the first eight years and then, under the right bottle-storing conditions, exceed ten years or more.
MERLOT Eminent with a bottle ageing potential of ten years and more. The rich structure and harmony of the aromas acquire complexity, elegance, softness and bouquet with ageing.
Thanks to a highly suitable micro-terroir and natural production methods, the wine remains fresh, fruity, and full of flavour and vitality.
AWARDS
SILVER MEDAL GREAT AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION USA
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