BRUNFORTE, IGT Marche from Merlot grapes, from the Marche winery Tenute Murola.

Bottles produced: 4000  - Contains sulfites

Production area: Urbisaglia, Municipality of Macerata
Vineyard: Urbisaglia
Vineyard altitude: 250 m above sea level.
Soil type: Slightly sandy loam clays over consolidated, slightly marly (carbonate content), finely cracked and superficially oxidized
Training system: Spurred cordon
Density of vines: 5200 per hectare - Production per hectare: 40 quintals

Harvest period : II-III week of September - Manual picking of ripe grapes in 10 kg boxes

Alcoholic fermentation : Stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures. Malolactic fermentation: Completely developed.
Aging & Refining: 21 months in steel, 20 months in 30 hl Slavonian oak barrels, 18 months minimum bottle resting.

Organoleptic examination
The eye is satisfied with a dense and at the same time lively chromaticity. Let the huge bouquet open!
On the nose, moist earth, fluid wild myelosity from the Sibyl meadow mix. Rosemary, sometimes sage and sometimes oregano. Light leather freshly cut. Classic red fruits such as ripe California plum, blackberries and Vignola cherry.
On the palate, tannins in absolute balance between astringency and softness, elegantly accompanied by the velvet of the rich sugar alcohols. The predominant sweetness, exhausted its charge, leaves room for a saline freshness. A meditated alcoholic heat sustains the sumptuous structure guiding a persistence where the fruit returns unexpectedly.

Pairings: Roasted guinea fowl wrapped in bacon.