Category : Red Wine
Ca del Doge Merlot I.G.T. Veneto
General Information

Grape variety: 100% Merlot

Origin: Veneto

Colour: deep ruby red with violet hues.

Bouquet: characteristic and delicate with light hints of raspberry, morel, and dewberry.

Alcohol content: 11% vol.

Winemaking

Made from selected and healthy grapes, and through maceration in steel vats. After alcoholic fermentation, the wine is decanted into steel tanks where it completes the malolactic fermentation. Subsequently, the wine is triple filtered and then bottled.

Storage and ageing

In a humidity-controlled cellar at a temperature of 10-12 °C. Maximum ageing 2 years, best drunk when young.

Tasting Note

This wine is balanced, dry, tasty, well-bodied, and harmonic with hints of coffee. It has a good tannic content, acidity, and alcoholic degree. It is persistent on the palate and best drunk when young.

Optimal serving temperature

16/18° C

Food pairing

This great all-round wine is excellent with sausage-based dishes, roasts, stewed meat, poultry, pork, and soft semi-aged cheeses.