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: C.da Buturro e Fossa di Neve (Santa Ninfa, TP)

ALTITUDE: From 250 to 600 meters above sea level

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)