Merlot Trentino DOC

Neil and Maria Empson created Bollini to fill a gap in the market for quality wines from the Alpine foothills of Friuli and Trentino in 1979. Their goal was to showcase the excellence and consistency of international varieties grown in Italy’s cool northeastern regions, while keeping the prices affordable. Choice hillside locations, ideal day/night temperature swings, good ventilation and the complexity and minerality that come from the soil, all contribute to achieving concentrated, highly extracted fruit. Merlot grapes are grown southeast of Trento in steep hillside vineyards, with plants at least fifteen years old. The carefully selected grapes macerate for a couple of weeks and age for at least eight to nine months in barrels of various types and sizes. Bollini Merlot offers an especially fragrant nose of black cherries, spices and tobacco and features a medium body with integrated tannins, plush fruit and subtle earthy notes. Easy to drink, easy to pair.