NAME: DOC SICILIA
COLOUR: Clear and consistent straw yellow
NOSE: Clean notes of ripe exotic fruit, followed by pleasant aromatic hints of mint, thyme and rosemary, and a citrus finish/span>
TASTE: Mouth marked by decisive freshness with soft and elegant tannins
PAIRING: Ravioli with leeks and cockles. Butter and sage
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 10-12 °C
AGRONOMIC DATA
GRAPE VARIETY USED: Catarratto lucido
VINEYARD LOCATION: District a Buturro e Fossa di Neve(Santa Ninfa, TP)
ALTITUDE: From 250 to 600 meters a.s.l
SOIL TYPE: Clay-limestone
FARMING SYSTEM: Counter espalier
VINES/HA: 4.000
GRAPE YIELD Q.LI/HA: 90
HARVEST PERIOD:September
OENOLOGICAL DATA
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13,50% Vol.
CONTENT OF SULPHITES: 82 mg/l
VINIFICATION: After soft pressing, static sedimentation of the must, fermentation at controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks. At the end of the fermentation process, racking into small new chestnut barrels, and ageing for 4/6 months
BOTTLE AGEING: 12 months
LONGEVITY OF THE WINE: 15 years
ON THE MARKET
DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL: Ho.re.ca.
ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 3.000 bottles
FORMATS: 75 cl
PACKAGING: Cartons of 6 bottles each (horizontal)