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  • Country ranking ?

    180
  • Producer ranking ?

    5
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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The Story

L’Apparita was Tuscany’s first pure 100% Merlot wine made in Italy with its debut vintage of 1985.

Castello di Ama and L'Apparita made a breakthrough on 8 February when L’Apparita 1987 was awarded as the best Merlot wine in a blind tasting hosted by the Academie du Vin in Switzerland— with a jury led by no less than world-renowned wine consultant, Michel Rolland. It left behind 15 other Merlot wines including the legendary Pétrus and its 1...

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Wine Information

Vinification
On September 16, the estate harvested 10.0 tons of selected grapes in the vineyard. Fermentation was regular and occurred at a temperature of about 32-33°C. The wine was gently pumped over the cap throughout fermentation. After a maceration of 21 days with the skins, the 60 hectolitres of wine went through malolactic fermentation, carried out in barriques of Allier oak, 75% of wich were new.

Maturation
In December 1999, once ...

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An impressing wine with perfect maturity. Dark garnet red colour and a slight brick red hue. The nose shows an aroma reminiscent of slightly acerbic berries, elderberries and mulberries, in combination with dried figs and flowery hints, oak spices and tobacco. On the palate the taste is well structured with excellent length but a slightly dry finish. 99/100

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Origin

Gaiole in Chianti, Tuscany
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