Schietto Nero d’Avola 2011

Varietal:  Nero d’Avola 100%

CHARACTERISTICS:

Color: ruby red.
Bouquet: wild berries, enveloping and penetrating, aromatic persistence.
Taste: soft tannins.

Vinification and ageing: Spontaneous fermentation on a pied de cuve of our grapes, without sulfur dioxide, in cement vats. Up to 10 days of temperature controlled maceration.

Ageing: 1 year in large oak casks for 50%, the rest in stainless steel.v

RECOMMENDED TEMPERATURE: 16°C – 18°C

SUGGESTED PAIRINGS:

Roasts and non-spicy cheese.

TECHNICAL DATA:

Origin: Contrada Virzì, Monreale, Palermo
Map Sheet 142

Exposure: South

Altitude: 220 m above sea level

Soil: Sandy-clay

Training system: Simple Guyot espalier

Density: 5.000 plants per hectare

Year of planting:: 2000

Harvest: September

Yield: 40 hl/hectare

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