100% Merlot variety with D.O. Combines with pasta, pizza, soft cheeses and white meats.

• Exhibitor: BODEGAS CARPE DIEM
• Brand name: GADEA SOLANO
• Sector: DO Sierras de Málaga

PREPARATION: Harvested by hand the first week of August. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 21 days at a controlled temperature. Once the malolactic fermentation is finished, the wine is transferred to oak barrels. TASTING: Cherry color, violet trim and intense layer. Aroma of red fruits, cassis and vegetal notes very marked by the variety. On the palate memories of plum and soft and elegant mint, light acidity. PAIRING: It goes well with pastas and pizzas, not very strong soft cheeses and white meats. If we want we can pair with salmon.

Bodegas Carpe Diem is located in the Malaga municipality of Mollina, in the north of the province of Malaga. It is located in the Antequera region, with a population close to 5,000 inhabitants. The winery has a surface area of ??20,000 m2 and a capacity of 5,040,000 liters for red, white and sweet wines, and a capacity of 250,000 liters for wines from American oak and French oak barrels. Bodegas Carpe Diem has an exquisite variety of wines under two denominations of origin: D.O.P. Málaga, for naturally sweet wines and liqueur wines, such as Carpe Diem; and D.O.P. Sierras de Málaga, for white, red and rosé wines, such as Montespejo. Bodegas Carpe Diem was born as a result of the acquisition of the historic Bodega Scholz for aging and solera wines originally located in the capital of Malaga. From 1977 to 1993, bulk wine was marketed for different wineries in the province. In 1993, as a result of the initiative and intense work of the Virgen de la Oliva Andalusian Agricultural Cooperative Society and its partners, Bodegas Carpe Diem was created and the first bottled wines were launched on the market by the variants Gadea Tinto, Montespejo Blanco and the Carpe Diems.