Mersel - Phoenix Merwah Skin-Contact 2021 - 750ml
Phoenix Merwah
Skin-Contact
2021
Natural Skin-Contact Orange Still Wine - 750ml
First Made: 2017
Grape: Merwah (100%)
Farming: Organic
Yield: Merwah: 25hL / Ha
Alcohol Content: 12.5%
Residual Sugar: 0 g/L
PH Level: 3.1
SO2: 5 PPM
Region: Dimane, Qannboubine Valley - North Lebanon (1,600m)
Indigenous Merwah vines, over 150 year old
Best Opened: Best to open at 14-20 degrees celsius as one would a red wine.
Winemaking Method: Picked in middle of October and crushed into 2-proportional lots, then fermented in stainless tanks and amphoras. The wine is fermented on skins for 3 weeks, the cap is gently broken by hand a few times a day, and is then racked off skins in the middle of November into half neutral barrels and half stainless tanks. The temperature at the winery reaches -5 degrees celsius, consistently in winter, allowing for natural cold stabilization of the wine. MLF happens in Spring, the wine is bottled in May.
