PL MER
Grape variety: 100% Merlot
Area of vineyard: Sambuca di Sicilia (Agrigento)
Vineyard: Ulmo
Vinification: Destemming followed by 14 days macerating with the grape skin. After racking the wine is matured for 14 months in Allier oak casks
Ageing potential: To be drunk immediately or kept up to 10 years
Tasting notes: Color Ruby red compact Nose Elegant hints of black currant, ripe plum and candied violets. Mild emerge balsamic hint and medicinal herbs Palate Large and dense texture, vibrant. The tannins are rendered docile by the structure and considerable verve. Interminable final
Food matching: Excellent with strongly flavoured mature cheeses and meat
Planeta home-made dishes: Roast fillet with matured wine sauce,baked wild pig, soup with small lentils from Ustica Sicilian dishes Beef stew and potatoes, stewed rabbit, jugged hare
La Foresteria dishes: Duck breast slightly smoked with apple caponata, stewed boar, quinte and Merlot sauce.
Denomination | DOC |
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Grape used | Merlot 100% |
Category | Red Wines |
Region | Sicily |
Brand | Planeta |
Vintage | 2016 |
Alcohol | 14° |