Denxo IGT Veneto -2008- Tenuta Desmontà di Bixio Emilio (12LT)

GRAPES: 70% Merlot – 15% Cabernet Sauvignon – 15% “Segreto dell’Enologo”

CONTENT: 15.50%

AEREA OF PRODUCTION : Grapes selected from Desmontà vineyards, property of Bixio's Family and placed in the East-area of Verona region. Departement Veronella.

VINIFICATION Hand selection of the grapes and aging process in a controlled environment for 45/50 days. Maceration and fermentation for 20 days at acontrolled temperature. Aging for about 6 months in new French oak Tonneaux of 5 hl. Second part of aging of 6 months in American oak Tonneaux of 5 hl. Settlement in steel containers for 3 months before being put in to the bottles. Refining in bottle for 3 months. Sugar content : about 8-10 gr./lt.

CHARACTERISTICS:

COLOUR: Intense and deep ruby red, concentrated but bright.

BOUQUET: Complex and deep, expressive with notes of mature red fruits as plum,blackberry, cherry and sour-black cherry. Hints of vanilla, licorice, toasted wood, tobacco.

PALATE: Voluptuous, rich, round, deep and well balanced.

FOOD MATCHING : Ideal with red meat, grilled dishes, seasoned and spicy cheeses. Serve at 18-20°

Denxo, and intense and smoothy wine. This concentrate of fruit will embrace all your senses. So impenetrable that you could almost eat it.