Winery Barone MontaltoNero d'Avola - Merlot
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Nero d'Avola and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or pasta.
Taste structure of the Nero d'Avola - Merlot from the Winery Barone Montalto
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Nero d'Avola - Merlot of Winery Barone Montalto in the region of Sicily is a powerful.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Nero d'Avola - Merlot of Winery Barone Montalto in the region of Sicily often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Nero d'Avola - Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Nero d'Avola - Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Nero d'Avola - Merlot
The Nero d'Avola - Merlot of Winery Barone Montalto matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of empanadas de carne (argentina), capellini with vegetables or lamb garam massala.
Details and technical informations about Winery Barone Montalto's Nero d'Avola - Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Nero d'Avola
Most certainly of Italian origin, more precisely from Sicily where it is very well known. It should be noted that a certain number of Italian grape varieties bear the synonym or name "calabrese", whether or not followed by an epithet, and care should be taken not to confuse them. Calabrese is also known in the United States, Italy, Bulgaria and Malta. In France, it is virtually absent from the vineyard, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Nero d'Avola - Merlot from Winery Barone Montalto are 2014, 1989, 2015, 0 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Barone Montalto
The Winery Barone Montalto is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 90 wines for sale in the of Sicily to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Sicily
Sicily is the Southernmost region of Italy, and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. For over 2500 years, Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) has been an important centre of Mediterranean viticulture, although the reputation and style of its wines have changed considerably over time. The island was once best known for its Sweet muscatels (see Pantelleria), and later for its fortified Marsala. Today, many of its best-known wines are Dry table wines produced under the regional designation IGT Terre Siciliane, or Sicilia DOC (see below).
The word of the wine: Grafting
A method used since the phylloxera crisis, consisting of fixing a graft of local origin on a rootstock resistant to phylloxera.
