Homarus, Merlot

€120,00
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Denomination Merlot IGP Ravenna
Category Rosso
Grape varieties 100% Merlot
Alcohol content 14%
Zona di produzione Riolo Terme Italia
Vineyard altitude 150-230 m a.s.l.
Training method Guyot
Harvest Manual
UnderWater aging -30 m  a.s.l. Adriatic Sea
Bottle size 75 cl Bottle
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Homarus, Merlot

Aging in the sea

The bottles are submerged on the seabed of the Adriatic Sea, in the Paguro site of Community importance, at a depth of 30 meters in stainless steel cages. Thanks to the isobaric conditions, the temperature remains constant around 10/13°C, and the emergence occurs after a period of about 12 months, depending on the marine conditions and the season.

The bottles are submerged on the seabed of the Adriatic Sea, in the Paguro site of Community importance, at a depth of 30 meters in stainless steel cages. Thanks to the isobaric conditions, the temperature remains constant around 10/13°C, and the emergence occurs after a period of about 12 months, depending on the marine conditions and the season.

Nature of the soil

Area of the Romagna gypsum vein, medium-textured clayey soil rich in limestone and potassium. Exposure: East.

Area of the Romagna gypsum vein, medium-textured clayey soil rich in limestone and potassium. Exposure: East.

Vinification

Fermentation time up to 40 days with maceration on the skins, static clarification and tangential filtration. Aging in French oak barrels for 1 year.

Fermentation time up to 40 days with maceration on the skins, static clarification and tangential filtration. Aging in French oak barrels for 1 year.

Dish pairings

Wine to finish the meal, with cheese or meat dishes such as stew. Serving temperature: 18-20 °C.

Wine to finish the meal, with cheese or meat dishes such as stew. Serving temperature: 18-20 °C.

Scheda Tecnica Homarus Tenuta Del Paguro

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Tasting notes

Impenetrable garnet red with a tendency to orange. 100% Merlot is at its maximum evolutionary thrust. On the nose, a true triumph of elegance of morello cherries, small berries in alcohol. Powerful but always very elegant balsamic; spices, dates and caramel speak of a wine that has wisdom, that knows how to excite and tell its long journey traveled for months in the seabed.
Infatuation and elegance lead us to the tasting on the palate, which is ready to welcome a mature wine, but which betrays the wait upon its entry and proves to be strong, muscular, vigorous and penetrating. The wine paws and recalls its vivacity provided by the great breadth of the mouth where balsamic and vertical scents explode, ending with a persistence that never ends!
A true masterpiece of tannin management and gustatory complexity. We are inclined to see it as a great wine to finish the meal, with cheeses or meat dishes such as stew. The combination with meditative tasting is also excellent, in the glass it continues to change and transform itself as it rotates, granting the taster a kaleidoscopic spectrum of exciting scents. A great wine that maintains the character of the wines aged in underwater of Tenuta del Paguro.

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Under Water Wines method

Tenuta Del Paguro has chosen the sea as a natural cellar for its wines. At a depth of 30 meters, the constant temperature protects them from thermal shocks, while the water filters the light rays that would damage the precious content. The pressure of the sea, like a delicate stimulus, contributes to creating a perfect harmony, and the slow swaying of the underwater currents gives the wine a rounder and more complex evolution. This is how wines with a unique character are born, intense and persistent, with mineral and savory notes that tell of the marine experience.

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Absence of UV rays

Isobar

Pressure difference

Massage of the tides