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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