Riserva means aged but also more important and structured wine, to drink more slowly enjoying every sip.

This Merlot-wine comes from vineyards where the production is kept low, so that the grapes are much richer in avour and therefore in quality.It matures for at least one year in oak barrels.

The perfume reminds to blackberry, plum, liquorice and tobacco. The taste is ripe, full and rounded.

It is always an amazing experience to taste it with a “vertical” (different years of the same wine) and taste how every year it becomes rounder and more complex, as long as time passes.

It wears our historical label with Pigozzo Church that is close to our winery. “Generositas vini magna est” – in latin language – means “Wine generosity is big”.

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How to drink it

• about 18° C (64° F)
• big glass
• take your time to leave the wine in the glass, to discover the fascinating changing of profumes!
• ideal drinking after about 7-8 years from the vintage, but it can still continue evolving with interesting bouquet for the following years

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Food pairing
Long-aged parmesan cheese (Parmigiano Reggiano DOP or Grana Padano DOP), red meat, game dishes.

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Winemaker notes

Area of production	DOC Colli Euganei
Grapes	Merlot 100%
Vineyard	25 years old, 6000 vines/hectar
Harvest, Vinification and Aging	Harvest at late september, all by hand, choosing best grapes. The red vinification was made with a perlonged maceration, about two weeks, and aging in oak (large oak casks).
Colour	Deep ruby red
Parfume	Ripe red fruit, blackberry, and plum, with notes of licorice
Taste	Full-bodied, smooth, and persistent