Features
Name:
Siebeneich Merlot Alto Adige DOC Riserva 2021
Terrain:
Il porfido quarzifero, di origine vulcanica, è la formazione rocciosa prevalente.
Winery
The Terlan Winery was founded in 1893 and is one of the most advanced winemaking cooperatives in South Tyrol. Its 143 members cultivate 190 hectares of vineyards and produce a total of 1.5 million bottles per year. For years, together with our members, we have been following with commitment and perseverance the path of quality, the same quality that has earned us fame and recognition in the Italian and international wine market. That's why, despite being relatively small, Terlano winery has become an established institution in its field.
In our modern facility we exclusively produce DOC wines, 30% red and 70% white. In 2009, we expanded the aging area to 18,000 cubic meters and completely redesigned it, also from an architectural point of view. Today, our wines find all the space they need to grow and develop fully. From the outside, the new wing of the building has a covering of red porphyry, the typical rock of the area which gives our wine a series of distinctive characteristics. The roof of the winery has been greened and covered with vines, seamlessly integrating into the surrounding cultivated landscape.
The distribution of wines produced is divided in two clearly differentiated quality lines: the Selections and the Tradition line. Moreover, every year we release on the market a "rare" wine, aged for at least ten years in our cellars, and conceived to give visibility to our philosophy of wines' longevity.
Organization
The Terlan Winery has a cooperative structure. President Georg Eyrl and vice president Hansjörg Hafner lead the board of directors - elected for a term of three years in 2020 - composed by Anton Adami, Norbert Elsler, Christoph Patauner, Ulrike Gratl, Hans-Peter Höller, Georg Spitaler, Stefan Sandrini, Robert Müller, Elmar Pichler, Konrad Rauch and Manfred Runer.
Description
Questo Merlot, che cresce al meglio nelle zone calde esposte a sud dove il terreno è argilloso, è un vino rosso corposo e colpisce in particolar modo con la sua finezza. Dall’inizio della vendemmia si è visto che il 2021 promette di diventare un’annata molto interessante.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Colore rosso rubino scintillante e saturo. Al naso note fruttate di mora e mirtillo rosso si aggiungono aromi di erbe come la menta e l’eucalipto, arricchite da una velatura di pepe nero. Nel complesso, quindi, un bouquet assai variegato. Sorso dotato di una struttura complessa e un retrogusto persistente.
Storage time:
1-5 years old
Vinification
Diraspatura dei grappoli e successiva fermentazione lenta a temperatura controllata e movimentazione delicata del mosto in cisterne d’acciaio inox. Fermentazione malolattica e affinamento per 12 mesi, in parte in botti di legno grandi (50%) e in parte in barrique (50%).
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