NAME: DOC SICILIA
COLOUR: Clear straw yellow with greenish highlights
NOSE: Pear and citrus fruits, including pink grapefruit and orange blossom with dense mineral hints
TASTE: Balanced, savoury with echoes of hazelnuts and roasted almonds and an elegant minerality
PAIRING: Fish carpaccio
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 10-12 °C
AGRONOMIC DATA
GRAPE VARIETY USED: 100% Catarratto
VINEYARD LOCATION:
District 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: 12,50% Vol.
CONTENT OF SULPHITES: 78 mg/l
VINIFICATION: After soft pressing, static settling of the must and temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks
BOTTLE AGEING: 6 months
LONGEVITY OF THE WINE: 8 years
ON THE MARKET
DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL: Ho.re.ca.
ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 20,000 bottles
FORMATS: 75 cl and 37,5 cl
PACKAGING: Cartons of 6 bottles each (vertical)