Wine Merlot IGT l'Apparita 2006
Tasting Notes
The wine is dark purple, gravitating towards garnet.
The wine has a rounded tive and harmonious taste with a long finish.
The wine has a fine, full-bodied and well-balanced aroma with herbaceous notes, characteristic of Merlot, which softened with mineral undertones.
Wine is perfect for gourmet cuisine, grilled meats or grilled and seasoned cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Merlot l'Apparita - this iconic and oldest wine farms Castello di Ama, which brought worldwide fame to their manufacturers. It has passed the test of time, so do not give the slightest reason to doubt its quality.
September 14, 2006 the bulk of the crop for the production of wine was collected. Fermentation takes place at a temperature of 32-33 ° C. After vinification, which took place within 30 days, the wine underwent malolactic fermentation in oak barrels Allier, 40% of which were new. The wine is aged in oak barrels for 18 months. Bottling took place June 5, 2008.
Castello di Ama company founded in 1972. Ama is a small hamlet in the heart of Chianti Classico: between two hills in the commune of Gaiole in Chianti, Siena. Farming company occupies 250 hectares, 90 of which are vineyards. Despite its youth, the Castello di Ama quickly became famous and was among the best wine producers in Italy.
As we learned from retrieved documents, land Ama is particularly suitable for growing grapes and producing quality wines. Ama was among the vineyards, olive groves and forests. But, unfortunately, by the middle of the 20th century, little is left of those great places, and restore them be challenging.
Within 10 years, the Castello di Ama has been studying the terrain, construction of basements and experiments with vineyards. During experiments to determine the most successful land for growing Sangiovese.
In order to understand what grapes able more fully develop their potential in soils Ama, the company also cited experiments with Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot. Thus, in five years were vaccinated about 50 thousand bushes. For several years, the company has converted 21 hectares of vineyards their way to a V-shaped landing, which helps to improve the quality of the grapes by increasing the illuminated leaves. The territory of vineyards located at an altitude of 500 meters above sea level. Rich soil, perfect climate and care of the vineyards give the harvest of high quality.
Today Castello di Ama produces well-known throughout the world and a truly great Italian wines. All wine companies are exposed to prolonged fermentation in barriques and aged in bottles for a long time. The basis of the philosophy of Castello di Ama is the desire to raise their national treasure - Sangiovese to the highest level that, according to experts, they are able to do perfectly.
