2020 – Nero d’Avola e Syrah
Sicilia Denominazione di Origine Controllata
Profound driving forces and the will to
listen – what Sicilians term “dare adènzia”
(giving audience) – and an insistence
on depth, in an act of understanding
that is life itself: Nero d’Avola and Syrah
combine to create something
of greater value than the sum of their parts.
Grapes harvested between the second
and the third decade of September 2020.
No. of bottles produced: 41.515
Released: October 2024
Hilly terrain, deep soil of average mixture, mainly calcareous and chalky between 250 and 400 meters above sea level.
Plants per hectare: 5.000
Yield per hectare: 90 ql.
Alcohol content: 14,50% vol
Total acidity: 5,50 g/l
pH: 3,40 – Dry extract: 33,00 g/l
Serving temperature: 16 – 18 °C
Hand harvesting in small crates. Traditional red vinification, with maceration on the skins for 15 – 20 days at controlled temperature. Twelve months in 110-hectoliter steel-French oak casks and a minimum of thirteen months in bottle.
“Very wide-ranging spectrum of aromas, with notes of sour cherries and forest fruits, together with delicious hints of vanilla. Caressing and spicy, with firm, but graceful tannins. A wine that can be cellared over 10 years.”