Additional information
Qualification: | Wine with protected geographical indication - Terre Siciliane, obtained from grapes grown with the "biodynamic method of agriculture" in accordance with Demeter production standards; |
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Production area: | Entroterra collinare della Provincia di Trapani. |
Grapes used: | 100% Nerello Mascalese; |
Training system: | Espalier with guyot pruning, with about 4500 plants per hectare and an average production of 120-130 quintals / hectare; |
Harvest: | Its ripening is late, so much so that the harvest takes place at the end of September, according to the climatic trend of the vintage. The grapes are harvested in the coolest hours of the day; |
Vinification: | The harvested and selected grapes are immediately taken to the cellar to be destemmed and crushed. Subsequently the must (consisting of juice, pulp, skins and seeds), is transferred to fermentation vessels in stainless steel where the "fermentation" and "maceration" takes place at a constant temperature around 20 ° C for a period ranging from 6 -8 days. After maceration, maturation it continues in stainless steel tanks for about 4 months before its bottling and aging in the bottle; |
Alcohol content and serving temperature: | 13% vol. / 18 °C. |