NAME OF WINE: IGP Pays d'Oc Merlot

NAME OF ESTATE/DOMAINE: Henri Nordoc

VINTAGE: 2017

ABV: 12.5%

NAME OF VIGNERON: Claude Serra

LOCATION (village and region): Pays d'Oc

GRAPE/BLEND (with %): 100% Merlot

SUSTAINABLE/ORGANIC/BIODYNAMIC: N/A

CERTIFICATION: N/A

SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS/VEGANS: Suitable for vegetarians

ALLERGENS (EGGS AND/OR MILK): None used

TASTING NOTE: Oozes bags of primary fruit: mulberry, sweet cherry and plum, rounded off by savoury flavours of black olive, eucalyptus and white pepper.

(LOCAL) FOOD RECOMMENDATION: Merlot is the perfect accompaniment to beef - try with a rump steak and herb stuffing, braised beef olives or steak and oyster pie.

TERROIR (soil types, vine exposure etc): On chalky-clay soils with broken stones, the Merlot can give its best expression.

VITICULTURE: Issued from a selection of the best parcels of Merlot, located on the hillsides along the Mediterranean sea, well-known for the natural restriction of the yields and a good climate for the vineyard.

YIELDS (hectolitre per hectare):

VINIFICATION: De-stemming harvest. After a short cold maceration (5days at 8°C), fermentation at 22°C. Slow extraction by unballasting and punching the cap. After a pneumatic pressure, free run wines are blended to a selection of press wines for malolactic fermentation in inox vat. Then maturing in tank on fine lees for 8 months with micro-oxygenation.

TECHNICAL:

Sugar Content Total Acidity Volatile acidity Total SO2

Free SO2 pH

1,1 g/l
2,46 g/l H2SO4 0,40 g/l H2SO4 40 mg/l
18 mg/l
3,55