Winery Cantine SimonettiMerlot
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The Merlot of the Winery Cantine Simonetti is in the top 0 of wines of Monreale.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cantine Simonetti's Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Picolit noir
Light, fruity reds with a clear ruby colour, silky tannins and an airy palate, with aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry) and delicate floral notes. Discreet Friulian profile. Very rare, preserved for its heritage value, this dark-skinned mutation of the white Picolit survives in a few heritage plots in Friuli. An ancient north-east Italian variety.
Informations about the Winery Cantine Simonetti
The Winery Cantine Simonetti is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Monreale to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Monreale
Historic Sicilian DOC west of Palermo, heir to the winemaking tradition of William II d'Altavilla (1147). Nero d'Avola in red: deep ruby, Mediterranean maquis, blackberry, black cherry, garrigue and spice, full-bodied, dry and elegant, rounded tannins. Perricone and Syrah in reds. Catarratto and Inzolia in whites: white flowers, citrus, stone fruits and mineral-saline touch.
The wine region of Sicily
Major qualitative renewal. Sunny, expressive reds: fleshy, spicy Nero d'Avola (black cherry, blackberry, liquorice), fine, mineral Nerello Mascalese on Etna (recalls Pinot Noir), light, crisp Frappato in Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG. Lively, saline whites: Catarratto, fat, iodised Grillo, taut Carricante, floral Inzolia. Amber, walnutty fortified Marsala.
The word of the wine: Long
Wine with persistence in the mouth. This persistence in the mouth of a wine is measured in caudalies.
