As of October 30, 2024, Samhàin, Ticino DOC Merlot, 2020 is available.

We are pleased to announce the return of our Merlot "Samhàin", available from October 31, 2024, on the occasion of the Celtic New Year. 

Il Rosso di Chiara is the result of my professional transition to winemaking. This wine is distinguished by its strong character and distinct personality. Its composition is based mainly on traditional Merlot, enriched with 10 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and 10 percent Cabernet Franc, which give it structure and a refined elegance.

Samhàin is a Merlot that encapsulates the generosity of the earth and the energy of the Ticino sun with a distinctly "Bourguignon" style. Its distinctive character can be perceived in its elegance and depth of expression. Like all my wines, it enhances its characteristics accompanied by food.

What links me to Samhàin? October 31, is my birth day. 

Il Rosso di Chiara is our flagship wine (emblematic): a Merlot from Ticino that is elevated by 10 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and 10 percent Cabernet Franc, varietals that, with the new climate, embellish the wine with structure, depth and persistence, promising excellent aging potential that adds to the immediacy of Merlot. 

Il Bouquet di Chiara is a traditional Merlot to which we paid special attention to make it a more important wine.

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Il Bianco di Chiara is the elegant and complex merlot white that enhances the most elaborate first and second courses of fish. The nose surprises with notes of hawthorn, sweet spices, vanilla, citrus and tropical fruits. But it is in the mouth that it is at its best, with a smooth, round style, a delicate structure and a very persistent finish, where it reveals a great personality. It harmoniously accompanies lake and sea fish cuisine, with Mediterranean-style dressings and/or simply with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, as well as pastas and risottos prepared with fish and seafood.

It is a merlot vinified in white, complemented with some Chardonnay and Sauvignon. It is fresh, dynamic and multi-purpose and evokes the scent of spring flowers. Thanks to its lightness, it is the ideal wine for aperitifs and to accompany convivial cuisine.

It is a Rosé with a charming personality that accompanies aperitifs and enhances seafood cuisine, fragrant oriental dishes, sushi, veal tonnato and typical summer dishes. 

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It all began unknowingly with grandfather's cellar, referred to during childhood as "the forbidden place." A place that in my childhood imagination concealed who knows what secret. Perhaps it was the wine that was the keeper of the secret, because grandfather treated it with care and respect and let it age in that calm place, where it seemed as if time had stood still. 

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