Azienda Agricola Enrico Santini Mèro, 2015

A pure Merlot obtained from the best and oldest vines ( year of planting 1998). The grapes are carefully selected doing multiple collections at harvest time. Long maceration at controlled temperature of 24/28 °C. Long enough, defined based on the different tasting done from the vats, to reach the objective of great freshness together the extraction of the best complexity and concentration. The wine is than refined for at least 18 months in French oak barriques (80% of second passage and 20% new). Long refinement in bottle before being released to teh market.An intense ruby red wine with dark violet shades. Elegant at the nose, concentrated, with notes of well ripen black berries (blackberry, black currant, black plumes) and fine spices (notes of tabacco and cocoa). Intense on the palate, rich of round extract. Pleasantly fresh with powerful but fine and smooth tannins that give to the wine a great length A Merlot with all the characteristics for a long ageing.