Merlot doc Riserva XV Alois Lageder 2017

The Merlot Riserva XV of Alois Lageder is a red wine of excellent structure produced with 100% of Merlot grapes. The wine has a beautiful intense ruby red color; the nose develops an aromatic and fruity bouquet, with evident hints of ripe red fruit, pepper and spices and a vegetal note on the finish. With a good body and well balanced, its taste is delicate, fresh and characterized by a particularly tannic and persistent finish. The Merlot Riserva XV of Alois Lageder is a very elegant wine and is perfect to drink in combination with tasty main courses of meat, such as pork stew or roast veal, or with a great chopping board of aged cheeses. It is a wine with a good aging potential, which can be left to rest in the cellar for up to 8 years.

The Alois Lageder winery was founded in Albions, a small mountain village in Val Gardena, in 1823. Johann Lageder started wholesale wine sales in 1924 and later his sons and grandchildren decided to buy vineyards and to produce wine themselves. With Alois Lageder, the company became a reference point in South Tyrol and synonymous of quality and excellence, producing wines that best represent the personality of the territory and the balance between tradition and innovation. Particular attention is paid to sustainable and ecological criteria: currently the 50 hectares of vineyards owned by the family are entirely cultivated with biodynamic methods. The company also collaborates with a certain number of selected winegrowers in South Tyrol: the extension of the vineyards covers further 110 hectares, a quarter of which are cultivated with biodynamic methods.