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More information about Alto de la Ballena Reserva Merlot 2016
Deep dark, intense garnet red in the glass. An impressive interplay of aromas of fully ripe cherries and plums with notes of vanilla and sweet tobacco.
Round, well-structured on the palate, with a harmonious balance of ripe fruit and present, gentle tannins. Complex and powerful. This wonderful 2009 Merlot has great ageing potential.
A wonderful Merlot from Uruguay and a versatile food companion.
Aged for 12 months in French oak.
| Contents: | 0,75 Liter |
| Type of wine: | Red wine |
| Beverage type: | Wine |
| Odor: | Fully ripe cherries, plums, vanilla, sweet tobacco |
| Expansion: | Oak barrel |
| Acid: | 5.6 g/l |
| Residual sweetness: | 2.7 g/l |
| Alcohol: | 14 |
| Contains sulfites: | Yes |
| Fits to: | Boeuf Bourguignon |
| Optimal drinking temperature: | 18° C |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Weingut: | Alto de la Ballena |
| Distributor: | Atlantik Weine e.K., Finkenweg 7, 65375 Oestrich-Winkel |
| Food companies: | Dorilar S.A., Ruta 12 Km 16,400 Maldonado, Uruguay |
Alto de la Ballena
In 1998, Paula Pivel and Alvaro Lorenzo founded a small winery in the department of Maldonado, in the southeastern region of Uruguay. They just knew that they liked good wines and now they were looking for an appealing place in a good location where they could plant wine, that had beautiful landscapes and was well located. It took several months of intensive search until they were able to acquire almost twenty hectares in the Sierra de la Ballena - a few kilometers from the sea and from Punta del Este, the most beautiful seaside resort in the country. Meanwhile, Alto de la Ballena wines are in demand not only international specialty stores, but also in gourmet restaurants and the best Restauraunts in Uruguay.
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