A selection of Cavit's best Merlot from the Valle dei Laghi. A winning combination of ripe, opulent fruit, fresh Trentino acidity and classic Bordeaux cedarwood characters.
Production
The grapes are harvested when fully mature in the first ten days of October. Produced from fruit grown in the Valle dei Laghi, in the area around Calavino, in the vicinity of Lake Toblino. Vines are trained on Guyot cordons and average annual yield is 60 hl/ha. After crushing the must is fermented with the skins in small stainless steel vats for approximately 12 –14 days at temperatures below 26°C. The wine is then matured in oak barriques for 15 months.
Bottega Vinai Trentino Merlot 2021 (6 bottles case)
Vivino ratings
Tasting notes
A warm, open nose with berry, spice and cedarwood aromas. On the palate the wine has ripe plum and cherry fruit alongside savoury, spicy notes. Richly-flavoured with bitter chocolate notes and refreshing acidity leading to a long, structured finish.
Food match
Try with a rabbit casserole...
Info
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ABV
13.5%
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CASE/BOTTLE SIZE
6 x 75cl
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REGION/COUNTRY
TRENTINO, ITALY
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GRAPE
MERLOT 100%
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CLOSURE
CORK
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WINEMAKER
ANSELMO MARTINI
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APPELLATION
DOC TRENTINO
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ALLERGEN INFO
CONTAINS SULPHITES AND NO OTHER ALLERGENS
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Meet the producer
Cavit is a leading co-operative in the mountainous Trentino region of northeast Italy. The winery began as a consortium of associated grape growers in 1950, with a dedicated winery at Ravina di Trento built in 1964. Today It unites 11 separate cellars and their combined 4,500 grape growers across 7,000 hectares of vineyard, to produce an impressively broad portfolio from an intriguing palette of indigenous and international grape varieties. Trentino has a much higher proportion of wines produced as DOC than any other region in Italy - an average of 80% of the region's wines have a DOC classification, compared to around 30% elsewhere in the country. Remarkably, Cavit accounts for 60% of this region's wine production and they advise and supervise all aspects of this production from the vineyard to the bottle. Their site at Maso Toresella on the shores of Lake Toblino was the historic residence of the Prince Bishops of Trento, surrounded by 6.5 hectares of vineyard. It is one of the most significant 'masi' (rural estates) in the whole of Trentino. They have worked with the San Michele all’Adige Oenological Institute, since 1988, to develop wines of the highest quality. In 1993 Cantina Altemasi was established, also at Ravina, not far from the region's capital of Trento - for the production and maturation of Classic Trentodoc and Charmat Method sparkling wines. Trento Doc was the first Classical Method sparkling wine DOC to be established anywhere in the world after Champagne, and the first in Italy.