Oppenheimer Herrenberg *** Merlot trocken - Weingut Manz

Oppenheimer Herrenberg *** Merlot trocken - Weingut ManzThe powerful Oppenheimer Herrenberg *** Merlot from Weingut Manz shimmers into the glass with a dense crimson red. Held at a slight angle, a transition of hue toward garnet red is evident at the edges of this barrel-aged wine. After the initial swirl, this red wine reveals a high density and richness, evident in distinct church windows at the rim of the glass. Poured into a red wine glass, this red wine from Germany offers wonderfully complex aromas of blackberry, blueberry, black currant and mulberry, rounded out by oak, cigar box and toasted barrique contributed by aging in wooden barrels. The Oppenheimer Herrenberg Merlot from Weingut Manz is the right choice for all connoisseurs who like it dry. However, it is never sparse or brittle, as one would expect from a wine in this price range. This dense red wine is full-bodied and multilayered on the palate. Due to its present fruit acidity, the Oppenheimer Herrenberg Merlot is Merlot is fantastically fresh and lively on the palate. The finale of this red wine from the wine-growing region of Rheinhessen, more precisely from Oppenheim, finally thrills with extraordinary reverberation. The finish is also accompanied by mineral facets of the soils dominated by marl and limestone. Vinification of the Winery Manz Oppenheimer Herrenberg *** Merlot This powerful red wine from Germany is vinified from the Merlot grape variety. In Rheinhessen, the vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow on soils of limestone and marl. The fact that the Merlot grapes thrive under the influence of a rather cool climate also has a considerable influence on the ripening of the grapes. This results, among other things, in particularly long and uniform grapes and rather moderate alcohol content in the wine. After the hand harvest, the grapes reach the winery by the fastest route. Here they are selected and carefully milled. Then fermentation takes place in small wood at controlled temperatures. After fermentation is complete, the Oppenheimer Herrenberg *** Merlot is aged for several months in oak barrels. Food recommendation for the Winery Manz Oppenheimer Herrenberg *** Merlot Experience this red wine from Germany best tempered at 15 - 18°C as an accompanying wine to duck breast with sugar snap peas, veal boiled fillet with beans and tomatoes or lamb stew with chickpeas and dried figs.