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A. Bommarito

2017 Quintarelli "ca del merlo" Rosso

Regular price $139.99
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Viticulture / Vinification

• A single-vineyard bottling

• 50% of grapes are pressed immediately after harvest, 50% are dried for 2 months

• After 3-4 days of maceration, primary fermentation starts with indigenous yeasts

• Wine is racked and then sits until February, when it is racked onto the lees of the Amarone which starts a second alcoholic fermentation (this process is called ripasso)

• After this fermentation, the wine is racked into large Slavonian oak barrels for seven years

Blend 55% Corvina and Corvinone, 30% Rondinella, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Nebbiolo, Croatina, Sangiovese
Vine Age 30 years average
Soil Limestone and Basalt