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Merlot Bianco

Merlot Bianco Wine Details
Price: $12.00 per bottle

Description: After crushing, the juice received 3 days of skin contact to enhance varietal characters and attain the proper colour intensity to achieve a fun, rose colour to the juice. After the "Saignee" method was employed whereby the free run juice is drained or "bled" off of the bulk of the must, the free run juice was treated like a white wine, fermented in stainless steel at an average 14°C using yeast designed for premium Rose production. Post fermentation, the wine displayed excellent varietal character and was not put into oak or through malolactic to preserve this quality. Prior to bottling, the wine was sweetened slightly to soften the tannins.




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