Type of wine
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dry red wine
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Varietal comp
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Merlot 100%
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Technical data
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alcohol — 13%, residual sugar — 3,4 g/l, acidity — 5,4 g/l.
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Vintage
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2019
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Wine region
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Primorje (South-western part of Slovenia)
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Altitude of the vineyard
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40-80 m.s.l.
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Vineyard square
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40 hа
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Soil composition
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Eocene flysсh with marl and sandstone
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Average yield
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about 6200 kg/hа
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Climate in vintage year
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mild climate, relatively cold April, but ward summer. Dry and warm year, average temperature — about 21ºC. Uniform rainfall throughout the year.
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Vinification
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Hand-picked at the end of September. Destemmed grapes are macerated from 6 to 10 days. Alcohol fermentation is followed by biological deacidification and maturing in large oak barrels, and partly in stainless steel vats.
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Flavor aromatics
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Typical aromatics for Merlot are ripe sour cherries, mulberries, and blackberries, with hints of vanilla and dark chocolate. In the mouth, the wine is soft and velvety with a pleasant flavour of ripe sour cherries and blackberries. This a full-bodied wine, finishing with pleasant ripe tannins and a note of Mediterranean herbs.
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Volume of production
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30 000 bottles
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