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SKU 924684
$424.86/case
$70.81/bottle
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The Famiglia Cotarella 2019 Merlot Sodale Cotarella sees the French grape panted in volcanic soils in the region of Lazio near the border with Umbria. The wine shows a dark core of black fruit with soft padding and concentration. It represents many of the elements that we find in the top-shelf Merlot, Montiano, but you get excellent value here.
With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.
Country
Italy
There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.
Region
Lazio
WA92pts
Wine Advocate
The Famiglia Cotarella 2019 Merlot Sodale Cotarella sees the French grape panted in volcanic soils in the region of Lazio near the border with Umbria. The wine shows a dark core of black fruit with soft padding and concentration. It represents many of the elements that we find in the top-shelf Merlot, Montiano, but you get excellent value here.
VM91pts
Vinous Media
The 2019 Merlot Sodale wafts up from the glass with a dusting of confectioners’ spice and nuances of crystalized ginger, blood orange and wild blueberries. This is elegant with silky textures that glide across the palate, contrasted by tart raspberry, sour citrus and fine tannins that slowly saturate toward the close. While tannic through the finale, the mouth is left watering for more, tapering off with nuances of black currants and sage. What a beauty this is, and with short-term cellar potential as well.
Winery Notes
The color is intense red with purple reflections. The smell comes with notes of red fruit and sweet spices that blend in a perfect balance with vanilla wood notes. The taste is round, harmonious, pleasant with endurance of good persistence and with sweet tannins.
