QUINTARELLI ROSSO CA MERLO VENETO 2016

Giuseppe Quintrelli is known as the Father of Amarone and the winery is recognized as one of the the premier wineries in Veneto. The Rosso Ca Merlo is "a single vineyard bottling. Grapes are pressed immediately after harvest. After 3-4 days of maceration, primary fermentation starts with indigenous yeasts. Wine is racked and then sits until February. When is racked on to the lees of the Amarone which starts a second alcoholic fermentation (this process is called ripasso). After this fermentation, the wine is racked into large Slavonian oak barrels for seven years." -Winery Notes