Collalbrigo Il Merlot 2001

Merlot from Italy
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    Collalbrigo Il Merlot 2001 Front Label
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    Vintage
    2001

    Size
    750ML

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    Wine obtained with a very accurate selection by hand of the best bunches in the Merlot vineyard "Belvedere" in Susegana. After a fermentation and a long maceration, it is refined in new Barriques for 18 months before being reassembled for bottling. The strictest production rules added to the passion lavished by expert butlers, give as a result this great red wine, certainly the butoon-hole of Collabrigo's production.
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    Collalbrigo, Italy
    Collalbrigo is the first hill after Conegliano (known for its Prosecco-production). Its steep slopes allow for a sole growth: that of grapes. The beautiful landscape has been protected because it has been chosen as the dwelling place by the large, wealthy families of the Serenissima Republica Veneta.

    But Collalbrigo indentifies itself with a harmonious holding: a real paradise for highly esteemed wines.

    The wine cellar of Collalbrigo extends to the base and on the hillside. It consists of rooms dedicated to the various stages of grape and wine processing.

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    When asked to name common Italian red grapes, most wine drinkers would probably begin with Sangiovese and continue with various other indigenous varieties. But Merlot (along with several other international varieties) has a significant presence in Italy, with over 60,000 acres planted. Granted, much of this is everyday quaffing wine grown in the northeast by producers taking advantage of the vine’s prolific nature, especially in the Veneto and Friuli.

    But through much of the country the wine is grown with more care and used predominantly as a blending agent, thereby adding a certain soft, fleshy appeal to a great many reds. Of course, this practice is often not mentioned on labels. In Tuscany, Merlot appears in a wide variety of blends, as well as sometimes in Chianti Classico. In fact, Italian Merlot reaches its greatest heights in the coastal Tuscan region of Maremma. Here it appears in blends and – spectacularly – in 100% varietal expressions like Masseto, L’Apparita and Messorio. Italian Merlots such as these boast the power, concentration and complexity seen in the finest examples from Bordeaux’s Right Bank.

    DSLCOLILMER_2001 Item# 84303

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