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...
Wine Information
Vinification
On September 17, the estate harvested 90 quintals 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 26 days with the skins, the wine went through malolactic fermentation, carried out in barriques of Allier oak, 40% of which were new.
Maturation
In january 2009, once malolactic ferme...
