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Wine Description
The Story
La Ricolma is made from 100% Merlot grapes especially seclected from prime vineyards and hand-picked when perfectly mature. It is fermented in stainless steel tanks for about 18 days, then racked and pressed. After it is racked once again, the wine is left to mature for 20-22 months in French oak barriques. It is bottled and held for another 6 months before being released.
In 1991 they planted the first 1,000 Merlot vines in their vineyard...
Wine Information
Classification: Red wine I.G.T. Toscana
Grapes: Merlot 100%
Harvest: 21st and 22nd September 2018 - 3rd and 4th October 2018
Yield per plant: 1 Kg
Length of fermentation and maceration on the skins : 15 days
Wood-ageing: 22 months in french barriques (Allier, Nevers) of 225 liters
Bottled: 9th February 2021
Production: n. 5.994 bottles of 750 ml, n.315 Magnum of 1500 ml, n.33 Double Magnum of 3000 ml
Analysis:
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