FAUSTO (DE PIZZATO) MERLOT

A Merlot é a uva com a qual a Pizzato é mais identificada pelo mercado, desde o primeiro vinho elaborado pela casa em 1999.

Com uvas do vinhedo Dr Fausto, este Merlot tem por característica principal a combinação do caracter frutado com apelo gastronômico, atingindo um amplo espectro de apreciadores.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Selecionado para a classe executiva da Lufthansa em 2014
  • Destacado no guia internacional ‘1000 Vinhos Para Provar’
  • 87-89 pontos – vários painéis pelo Brasil e no exterior
  • Exportado para diversos mercados pela muito boa relação qualidade/preço: EUA, Canadá, Noruega, Reino Unido, Alemanha e China

COLHEITAS 2018 | 2017

Clear, pure, fresh, rich and balanced wine. Winery/Family owned vineyards. From the best plots of Pizzato’s Dr. Fausto vineyard established on 1990s. Very exclusive and limited production.

SPECIFIC VINTAGE INFORMATION

Harvest dates: February 2017 Bottles:6.700 750ml bottles (numbered) and 10.900 187ml bottles,bottled at origin as a single lot. Tech data: Alcohol (% vol): 12.5 Total acidity (tartaric acid equiv. g/l):  6.8 Residual sugar (g/l): 1.7 pH: 3.38 Barrel stage (months): 0

TASTING NOTES

Red ruby, intense, nose with red fruit, prun, cereal, anise, floral. Soft lannins, medium bodied, well ballanced with right alcohol content; medium to long aftertaste. ‘averrage perceived

VINEYARD

Name: Dr. Fausto Region: Serra Gaúcha Viticultural Area
Location: 28’57’45.72″S. 51’48’33.74″0, 460,m.a.s.l.Vineyard
Design: N-S row orientation, VSP. Soil: rocky clay basaltic origin Harves: hand picked

FOOD PAIRING

Grilled beef, roast pork and roasted light game: very good with spaghettis, risottos and mushroom-sauces-based dishes

WINEMAKING

The hand picked grapes were de-stemmed, crushed and fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. with a 8-day maceration time including fermentation (average) with selected yeasts: then it was naturally malolactic fermented. Matured on French oak barrels 3rd to 5th use) for 9 months before bottling

SERVING

The best drinking temperature range is 15-18º C (59-64º F