February 23, 2022
Candoni Organic Merlot
Style
Type
Still
Winemaker
Armando De Zan
Appellation
Terre Siciliane IGP
Varieties
Merlot
Farming
Certified Organic
Terroir
Sicily is Italy's southernmost region, and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. For more than 2500 years Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) has been a significant center of Mediterranean viniculture. Blessed with consistently bright sunshine and reliably moderate rainfall, Sicily's classic Mediterranean climate is ideally suited to the production of excellent wine grapes. The magic is in the fertile soil and Sicily's long, cloudless summers – with humidity but virtually no rain from June until harvesting in late August – two factors which make Sicilian vintages remarkably consistent from year to year.
Vinification
Classical red wine vinification. The delicately de-stemmed grapes are macerated for 4-6 days so as to allow optimum extraction of color, tannin and aromatics from the grape skins. At this stage, alcoholic fermentation begins at controlled temperatures. The vinification process continues with the drawing off and pressing of the crushed grapes. Once the alcoholic fermentation is over, Candoni proceeds with malolactic fermentation.
Features
Bottle, Gluten Free, Screw cap, Vegan
Available Sizes (L)
0.750
Distribution Area
New Jersey
Shelf Talkers
Tech Sheets
Tasting Note
Wonderfully aromatic and fruity, blending silky flavors of blackberry, cherry, and blackcurrant. Its round character makes it a great accompaniment to aged or blue cheese, mushrooms, berries and red fruit sauces.
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