Pesano
UMBRIA Merlot
Indicazione Geografica Tipica
Red wine
THE GRAPES AND THE VINEYARDS
We have always paid attention to Merlot as we
are convinced that few other territories can allow
this variety to express its potential.
We achieve rich grapes from the best vineyards
on the hills around Orvieto, where the exposure
and setting, together with the soil, are fundamental
for their perfect ripening. Through an
appropriate vinifi cation technique all this results
in wines with great structure and a varietal character.
THE VINIFICATION
This wine is the result of a selection of Merlot
grapes with outstanding concentration and superior
organoleptic quality with the contribution of
excellent soils and a low yield per vine.
The contact of the must with the skins is long
and intense and every day we perform four hand
pressings.
THE WINE
Falesco Merlot, which is aged for six months in
small French oak barrels, has a very deep colour.
The scents are wide, rich, soft and spicy and the
aromas are noble, well balanced and harmonious
with an extremely long lingering fi nish.
ANALYTICAL DATA
| Grapes |
Merlot 100% |
| Production zone |
Orvieto - Montecchio |
| Surface of the vineyard |
40 Ha |
| Altitude of the vineyard |
350 metres above the sea level |
| Type of soil |
Sedimentary, rather clayey and calcareous |
| Training system |
Spur cordon |
| Density of vines |
6.000 per Ha |
| Production per hectare |
7.000 Kg |
| Yield of grapes into wine |
60% |
| Average age of vines |
10 years |
| Harvest time |
Early september |
| Vinification |
Maceration on the skin for 22 days |
| Alcoholic fermentation |
In stainless steel |
| Malolactic fermentation |
Totally carried out in barriques |
| Ageing |
In Never barriques for 6 months |
| Alcoholic |
13,20% |
| Total acidity |
4,90 gr/lt |
| Dry extract |
33,5 gr/lt |
| pH |
3,7 |
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