Merlot 'Sodale' Famiglia Cotarella 2022
The “Sodale” from the Cotarella Family is a Lazio red wine made from Merlot, aged in French barriques. It expresses notes of ripe fruit, sweet spices, and toasted noble woods. On the palate, it is soft, warm, round, enveloping, and well-balanced.
The Merlot “Sodale” produced by the Cotarella Family is a Lazio red wine where the varietal is the undisputed protagonist. After all, the Cotarella family has a strong predisposition for this grape, which in the “Sodale” asserts itself with the classic roundness expected from a pure Merlot, with a seductive and sly tannic structure that quickly conquers the palate with a warm embrace. A label whose name evokes the sense of belonging of the Cotarella family to the Lazio terroir, free to express itself through the grapes that best suit it according to the winery's vision.
“Sodale” by the Cotarella Family is a pure Merlot that comes from parcels of vineyard particularly suited to its cultivation. We find ourselves in a terroir located about 300 meters above sea level, where the vines are carefully monitored throughout the year. The bunches, once harvested, are transferred to the winery, where they are destemmed; at this point, the obtained berries are pressed, and the must obtained from this operation remains to macerate on the skins for a total of 18 days. The wine, for the part of final aging, is transferred for 9 months in French oak barriques from Never and Troncais.
The “Sodale” Merlot from the Cotarella Family presents itself to the eye with a ruby color, edged with some slight hints of violet shades. Concentrated and generous on the nose, it tells of touches of ripe fruit combined with hints of sweet spices and wood. On the palate, it is medium-bodied, with a precise and punctual sip in its warm roundness, where the softness of the tannins is appreciated, finely integrated into the overall structure. A label in which the concept of territory reflects the strong bond that the Cotarella family has with the Lazio region.