Colmello Rosso
Moletto · IGT Veneto Orientale · 2013
A blend of Merlot and Franconia, aged in small Allier oak casks. Classic and vigorous, with fruit and oak in balance: complex on the nose, full, warm and velvety in the mouth.
Its softness means it sits happily next to almost any meat dish.
- Grapes
- Merlot, Franconia
- Appellation
- IGT Veneto Orientale
- Vintage
- 2013
- Alcohol
- 15 %
- Size
- 750 ml
- Serving temperature
- 20–22 °C
Available at our shop: Koliziejus, Domus Pro, Ukmergės g. 308, Vilnius
Tasting notes
Colour
Intense ruby red.
Nose
Red fruit and vanilla, then chocolate, cocoa and soft leather, all well integrated.
Palate
Red berries steeped in spirit, then liquorice, vanilla and a hint of tar, wrapped in gentle fruit.
Pairs with
Grilled and roast red meat, stews and casseroles, game and wild fowl.
Awards
- Gold medal
- Gold medal
- Gold medal
- 91 points
- 87 points
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How it's made
Fermented on the skins at controlled temperature, then rested in small Allier oak casks.
Vineyard
- Area
- Motta di Livenza, province of Treviso, Veneto
- Altitude
- 9 m above sea level
- Soil
- alluvial clay and limestone of the river plain
- Exposure
- east–west
- Training
- Sylvoz
- Planting density
- 2,000–3,000 vines/ha
- Vine age
- 15–54 years
