Plumbago Nero D'avola Sicilia 2015

Aziende Agricola Planeta

Plumbago Nero D'avola Sicilia
2015

Country
Italy
Regulated designation
Indicazione geographica tipica (IGT)
Region
Sicily
Appellation
Sicilia
Varietal(s)
Nero d'Avola 100 %
Colour
Red
Sugar content
2.5 g/l
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About this winery

Our tendency towards innovation and modernity has never distanced us from any historic and traditional interpretation of wine. Our patient and meticulous researches have always been directed to the past as much as to the future; on the one hand profoundly linked to the oldest Sicilian traditions of wine making with its heritage of indigenous varieties, and on the other an interest in those international grape vines which are best adapted to these territories, without neglecting the most...

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Product notes

Plumbago – named after the beautiful purple wild flower that grows in the woods surrounding the farmhouse and vineyards of Ulmo – is a single-variety Nero d’Avola. It is produced from the old vineyard at Lake Arancio which gives us this soft fruity version of this great Sicilian grape variety.

Production notes

after destalking and pressing, the grapes ferment in stainless steel vats and remain on the skins for 14 days at 25?C with repeated mixing; at the end of the period racking by soft pressing. The wine thus obtained undergoes malolactic fermentation in stainless steel, in January it is transferred to wooden barrels for 10 months.