NAME: DOC SICILIA
COLORS: Vibrant garnet-red with purple highlights

NOSE: Graphite, humus, ferrous notes and tar

TASTE: Tonic and juicy, with well-extracted and balanced tannins. Solid gustatory dynamics, with an earthy grounding

PAIRING: Hunting hare

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 14-16 °C

AGRONOMIC DATA

GRAPE VARIETY USED: 100% Perricone o Pignatello

VINEYARD LOCATION: C.da Calviano (Castelvetrano, TP)

ALTITUDE: 250 meters a.s.l.

SOIL TYPE: Strongly calcareous, white in colour. Referred to as “baiata” in the Sicilian dialect

FARMING SYSTEM: Counter espalier

VINES/HA: 4.000

GRAPE YIELD Q.LI/HA: 70

HARVEST PERIOD: First ten days of October

OENOLOGICAL DATA

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13.5% Vol.

CONTENT OF SULPHITES: 72 mg/l

VINIFICATION: Following destemming-crushing, long maceration at controlled temperature in stainless steel. Maturation for 12 months in steel tanks.

BOTTLE AGEING:  6 months

LONGEVITY OF THE WINE: 12 years

ON THE MARKET

DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL: Ho.re.ca.

ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 10,000 bottles

FORMATS: 75 cl

PACKAGING: Cartons of 6 bottles each (vertical)