100% Merlot
Cultus Red 20
Vintage
2020
Alcohol by volume
14,0 %vol.
Vinification & Maturation
All of our red wine goes more or less through the same old fashion methode, with no big intervention in the process, we let nature do their job. Maceration is depending on the year, but generally it lasts from 10 – 30 days. months in oak barrels. Before we are bottling the wine it will be decanted for two months in a stainless steel tank.
We use yeast from the vineyard to start fermentation (spontaneous fermentation). After fermentation we continue malolactic fermentation with intense batonnage for 6 - 9 months in oak barrels, with no sulfite. The maturation process continues for 18-20.
Wine features
Grape variety: Merlot
Name of the vineyard: Podzamalen, Ošivnik
Biological farming: Yes, In certification process
Training system: Single guyot
Harvest: Hand picked
Yield per plant: ≈ 0,7 - 1 kg/plant
Maceration: ≈ 14 days
Fermentation: Spontaneous
Malolactic fermentation: Spontaneous, no bacteria added
Maturation: cca 20 months in Oak barrels
Filtration None
Bottles produced: 1500 - 0,75L