“Your Merlot certainly deserves to be presented in purity, but why do not add to it the complexity of your Cabernet?”, an old French friend asked us.

The question deserved an answer, and Graziana Grassini has satisfactorily replied producing a wine which comes out from a “clos” known as “Campo del Pari” for being a flat stretch on a hilltop.

Powerful and elegant, this wine combines Merlot’s spiced and balsamic aromas with a rich complexity which stands out with a smooth and prolonged finale.

Campo del Pari is a wine which fully rewards the care and the selection of the grape from the vineyard required, the carefully controlled duration and temperature of the fermentation, the complex refinement process which combines the use of new and second-passage barriques and the stabilization due to a short passage in cement.

Varieties: Merlot – other red grape varieties

Age of the vineyard: More than 20 years

Altitude: 200 m a.s.l.

Soil: Medium-textured soil of lacustrine clay with pebble gravel from weathered effusive rocks, rich in natural trace elements

Planting density: 5800 plants ha

Training method: Single spurred cordon

Harvest: Manual

Wine making process: Destemming without pressing, alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in steel tanks

Aging: Min. 18 months in barriques, 6 months in concrete vats, min. 48 months in bottle

Aging potential: Over 10 years

Alcohol content: 14° – 15°

Serving temperature: 18 – 20°C

Food pairings: Vegetable pies, tagliatelle with pheasant sauce, yellow saffron risotto, grilled meats, beef brasato, stewed stockfish, Cheese: french Cantal cheese.