NAME: DOC SICILIA

COLOUR: Ruby red with hints of violet.

NOSE: Generous with hints of plum and black cherry, violet undergrowth and sweet spices

TASTE: Soft with dense tannins and a structured body, articulated between ripe cherry and currant

PAIRING: Fettuccine with mushrooms and sausage

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 14-16 °C

AGRONOMIC DATA

GRAPE VARIETY USED: 100% Nero d’Avola

VINEYARD LOCATION: C.da Salinella, Scaldato e Galirmi (Santa Ninfa, TP)

ALTITUDE: 250 meters a.s.l.

SOIL TYPE: clay-limestone of medium consistency

FARMING SYSTEM: Counter espalier

VINES/HA: 4.000

GRAPE YIELD Q.LI/HA: 70

HARVEST PERIOD: first ten days of September

OENOLOGICAL DATA

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13.5% Vol.

CONTENT OF SULPHITES: 72 mg/l

VINIFICATION: after destemming-crushing, long maceration at controlled temperature in stainless steel and maturation for 12 months in steel.

BOTTLE AGEING:  6 months

LONGEVITY OF THE WINE: 12 years

ON THE MARKET

DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL: Ho.re.ca.

ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 30,000 bottles

FORMATS: 75 cl e 37,5 cl

PACKAGING: Cartons of 6 bottles each (vertical)