Tenuta di Trinoro

We picked merlot from September 12th-October 3rd; the musts from each parcel were black, light, flat and hard to discern particulars. So were the wines as they ran off the skins after fermenting, dense and full of matter, but with little taste. I liked the low alcohol but it was hard to discern more than a seamless, smooth character in the wines then. At the end of February the wines started revealing a rich, growing body and, afterwards the flavors and the red fruit appeared. Palazzi is made from 100% merlot from our Palazzi vineyard. The production was 200 cases.

Vineyard age: 22 years

Vineyard density: 10,000 vines per Ha

Vineyard altitude: 450 – 600m a.s.l.

Yield per hectare: 18 Hl/Ha

Fertilization: None

Spraying: clay, propoli, grapefruit seed extract

Vinification: Pickings started Setempter 28th 2012, alcoholic fermentation for 15 days

Aging: 8 months in new French oak barriques; 10 months in cement

Bottling: March 2014

Production: 2,400 bottles