ATAVO
Designation: Merlot IGP FVG
Year of production: 2015
Vinification: from MERLOT grapes de-stemmed and crushed in flattened conical oak vats and applying NOE® (Nuovo Orcio Enofilo) system.
Fermentative maceration for at least 15 days on wild yeasts.
Drawn off and pressed in the NOE® (Nuovo Orcio Enofilo).
Aged for 12 months.
Bottled without stabilizers, fining agents and without filters.
Ageing in bottles for at least 5 months before the wine is put on sale.
Vineyard: Castel San Mauro - South South-East, 150 - 200 m s.l.m.
Vineyard age: 15 years (5000 vinestock / Ha)
Soil: uniformly composed of marls and stratified sandstones of Eocen origin (50 million years old) which erosion has formed the typical clayey soil called FLISCH OF CORMONS, most commonly called PONCA
Training system: TRITON
Avarage yield: 40 quintals / Ha
Harvest: end of September, handmade in crates
Analysis:
Alcohol 13,30% vol.
Residual sugar 0,1 g/l
pH 3,53
Total acidity 5,90 g/l
Volatile acidity 1,0 g/l
Total SO2 20 mg/l
Free SO2 10 mg/l
Bottle size: 0,75 l – 1,5 l