Descrizione
SOIL TYPE: Soils composed of calcareous marls, abundant and small skeleton; fine texture with light-colored clay fraction.
ALTITUDE: 35 to 40 meters above sea level YIELD PER HECTARE: 80 quintals.
GROWTH SYSTEM: espalier with spurred cordon pruning system.
AGING: 10% new wood; 20% second-passage wood; 35% third-passage wood; 35% fourth-passage wood.
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14.15% vol.
ORGANOLEPTIC NOTES: moves between balsamic, herbaceous notes and very different fruits. The nose opens with notes of Mediterranean scrub and scents of lamellarias piled up on Sicilian beaches. The red fruit is a black cherry in spirit, an overripe wild blackberry; citrus is bergamot and bitter orange. The spices are carob flour and frankincense. Ripe fruit on the palate blends well with wood tannin in accompanying a densely textured but open and calibrated tannin on the structure of this wine with a complex and unmistakable personality.
PAIRING: A vin de garde that is not afraid of classic pairings. Red meats, but well-cooked and marbled; better yet, more intense flavors such as game, lamb and black pork, or even knife sausage.