Name: Talò Primitivo Merlot Salento IGP
Grapes: 50% Primitivo, 50% Merlot
Alcohol content: 13.50%
Cane density: 4,500 root canes per hectare
Production area: San Marzano (TA), Salento, Apulia, about 100 meters above sea level. This area has high temperatures with low to medium rainfall
Type of soil of the vineyards: slightly deeper, tending to loamy good skeletal soil
Training system: trellis
Harvest time: first half of September
Fermentation: Temperature-controlled maceration and alcoholic fermentation on selected yeasts for a period of about 10 days
Aging: 4 - 6 months in French oak barrels
Serving temperature: 16 - 18°C.
Source:
Cantine San Marzano