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Mapu Merlot 2008

Мапу Мерло 2008
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Producer:
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Baron Philippe de Rothschild (Барон Филип дьо Ротшилд)
Country:
Chile (Чили) 
Vintage:
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2008
Other vintages: 
2007
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Variety:
Merlot (Мерло)
€ 6.14  
Added by sharko
04 Apr 2010

Winemaker's notes:
The wine, an attractive deep red, vivid and clean, has a fully open, rich and opulent nose that reveals fresh and concentrated red fruit, cherry and blackberry aromas.
With the round and lush fullness of ripe fruit, it expands on pleasant flavours of fresh fruit and juicy black cherry enfolded in a velvetsmooth tannic structure.
The finish strikes a fine balance between structure and flavour, combining the generosity of the fruit with the grain of the tannins.

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How to drink it
Food: Chicken, Chicken Smoked, Couscous, Duck, Ham, Lamb (Grilled, Broiled), Pasta with Tomato Sauce, Pasta with Vegetables, Pizza, Quiche, Rabbit, Sausage, Spicy Chinese, Steak (Grilled, Broiled), Tuna, Turkey, Veal
Cheese: Gouda, Gruyere, Pecorino Toscano
Temperature: 12 °C
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Let's say a grape variety normally takes 120 days to ripen. In an especially hot year, it may ripen after only 110 days; in a cooler year, after 130 days. Viticulturists generally do want a long growing seasons. Long ripening allows components in the grape other that sugar - tannins, for example - ...
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