Merenda con Corvi – Merlot – 2016

Located on the steep hill of Monteoliveto in the Pinerolese area, since 1999 the small Merenda con Corvi company has been producing prestigious wines using Piedmontese and international vines.
They were the first to believe in this territory, suitable for viticulture as early as the eighteenth century, very few indeed very few bottles produced with great attention to the territory and quality, maximum commitment and an almost obsessive care for every single detail.
650 bottles produced for this fabulous Merlot, considered one of the best in Piedmont, with ancient rituals it follows the natural cycle of the vineyard, the yields per hectare are very low and in the cellar the work is clean, fermentation in steel and aging in barriques of second step. The wine obtained is surprisingly representative, soft and refined with an elegant tannin and a remarkable persistence

• Producer: Merenda con Corvi
• Name: Merlot
• Grape Variety: 100% Merlot
• Vintage: 2016
• Alcohol Content: 13,5%
• Bottle Size: 750ml
• Production: 650 bottles

Productive Notes: Fermentation in steel tanks. Aging for 12 months in barrique, then two years in steel and to finish 6 months in the bottle before going out on the market.