Reserve red wine from the Setubal Peninsula

Reserve red wine Merlot

Grape Varieties: Merlot

Terroir: Sandy soil, mediterranic climate

Winemaking:
Long fermentation in “lagar” vats, pumped over 4 times per day with manual jet, temperature control, délestage, malolactic fermentation monitored.

Suggestions: Serve at 18º C. Drink now or store for 5 to 7 years

Packaging: Bottle 75Cl, 6 unit cases

Alcohol by Vol: 14%

The Grapes

Merlot

Merlot is a red wine variety with strong historic ties to Bordeaux and the southwest of France. The variety is now widely planted in wine regions across the world and, in terms of the volumes of wine produced internationally; it is rivaled only by its Bordeaux companion, Cabernet Sauvignon.

The precise flavors that Merlot imparts to a wine are not easily grouped. It is a grape used for producing wines of a particular texture, rather than a particular taste, relying on organoleptic properties other than just flavor and aroma.

Smooth, rounded and "easy drinking" are common descriptions of Merlot wines. The main reason for this is that Merlot grapes are relatively large in relation to their pips and the thickness of the skins, in which tannins are found. For this reason, the variety is used to soften wines made from more tannic varieties.