500 litre French oak) where it goes through malolactic conversion and matures for 14 months before the final assemblage and bottling without filtration
producing pure rose garden aromas
The wine is then aged in barriques (new
Croatina and Vespolina with around 40% Nebbiolo
with below-average disease resistance
Sant'Agnese. Merlot 'Spirto' Style_Red - Light Bodied 500 litre French oak) whereToscana IGT Grapes: Merlot Ripe, big rounded fruit; expressive with youthful strawberry and damson fruit. A great wine that, very definitely needs food. The 2008 has an extra dimension with a certain darkness and spice, the tannins are ripe and rounded, firm, not intrusive. Sant'Agnese producer page Paolos approached to wine tasting is different, to everybody. When we first met, he offered the 2003 Spirto, giving no indication as to what it might be,