Stari Podrum Merlot
Description
| Year of manufacturing | 2018 |
| Wine variety | Merlot |
| Alcohol | 14.5% |
Grown on a 1 ha plot in Cemovsko polje and absorbing the best from sunshine and rocks, you may find Merlot with the hallmark of the Montenegrin terroir. Typical for the southern wines, it leaves the impression of fullness, juiciness as well as of soft, velvety tannins. Extracted, mature, creamy with supple acids. Discreet, velvety notes of chocolate and mocca have been interwoven in the impressive aftertaste, completing the potential of this specific variety.
This great wine expresses its loftiness thanks mostly to its luxurious, aromatic structure, led by fruity notes of succulent cherry, currant and blueberry as well as maturity, reached in the heart of our cellar.
Serving
Temperature: 18-20˚C
Glass: Large tulip red wine glass
Food pairing
It goes pefectly with beef steak in red wine sauce, Wellington beef meat, as well as roasted lamb meat, turkey, grilled red meat.
Technical characteristic
Vineyard
| VITICULTURAL AREA | Podgorica subregion, Montenegrin basin of Lake Skadar |
| LOCATION | Ćemovsko polje, microlocality: Šipcanik |
| EXPOSITION | south |
| SOIL | extremely skeletal, fluvio glacial sediments |
| PLANTING DENSITY | 2.80×0.90 m |
| CULTIVATION | 2.6×0.70 m
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| AVERAGE AGE OF GRAPEVINES | 10 years |
Technical information
| GRAPE VARIETY | Merlot 100% |
| YIELD | 6–8 t/ha |
| HARVEST TIME | the first half of September |
| HARVEST METOD | manual |
| VINIFICATION | vinification in the inox tank – in fermenter
|
| TEMPERATURE OF FERMENTATION | 23–25°C |
| DURATION OF FERMENTATION | 15 days
|
| MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION | inoculation with bacteria |
| AGING | in French oak barriques for 1 year, in oak big barrels for 2 years and then in the bottle for 1 year |
| DURATION OF AGING | 4 years |
| CHEMICAL ANALYSIS | alcohol–14,5 vol%, pH–3.56, total acids –6.12 g/l |
