2006 Radikon Merlot - Friuli, Italy 500ml
Wine composition: 100% Merlot, only hand-made harvested in baskets, in October 2006.
Vintage: All season was sunny and dry, with the right amount of rain at the end of the summer, which allowed the grapes to be ripe on perfect time.
Wine-making: After taking off the grape stalks, the grape is put in oak vats, where the maceration happens without temperature control and without the addition of any yeasts or other. Grape skins must be always covered with wine: that’s why during all the fermentation the cap is punched down manually 2 – 3 times per day. Maceration still goes on for about one month and a half.
Cask aging: After racking the wine lies in old barriques for about 6 years: in the meantime, more than one racking could be necessary. During this process no type of chemical preservative is added to the wine.
Racking in bottles: Racking is made without any filtration or clarification, in August 2011, in bottles of 1 liter and 0,50 liters, with no preservatives adding. The wine is aged in bottle before selling for almost two years.
