Winery FantinelTenuta Sant'Helena Merlot
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Taste structure of the Tenuta Sant'Helena Merlot from the Winery Fantinel
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Tenuta Sant'Helena Merlot of Winery Fantinel in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Tenuta Sant'Helena Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Tenuta Sant'Helena Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Tenuta Sant'Helena Merlot
The Tenuta Sant'Helena Merlot of Winery Fantinel matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of pastasciutta (corsica), marco's pasta with bacon or tunisian macaroni.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fantinel's Tenuta Sant'Helena Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Tenuta Sant'Helena Merlot from Winery Fantinel are 2009, 2008, 2016, 2014 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Fantinel
The Winery Fantinel is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 81 wines for sale in the of Collio to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Collio
Benchmark for Italy's great whites, the hills of Friuli on the Slovenian border. Precise, structured whites with signature notes of pear, apple, exotic fruit, white flowers, almond and marked saline minerality — the "ponca" (marl-limestone flysch) signs the wines. Serious Pinot Grigio, Friulano (formerly Tocai) with its characteristic almond taste, native saline Ribolla Gialla. Also Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Malvasia.
The wine region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Italian benchmark of great whites of elegance and minerality. Emblematic Friulano with notes of fresh almond, pear and white flowers, taut Ribolla Gialla, precise Pinot Grigio, lively Sauvignon and balanced Chardonnay. Rare sweet Picolit (DOCG), saline Malvasia Istriana. Rising reds: fruity spicy Refosco, more tannic Pignolo and Schioppettino.
The word of the wine: Muscaté
Wine reminiscent of the characteristic aromas of fresh muscat grapes.
