NAME: DOC SICILIA

COLOUR: Light pink with hints of copper

NOSE: Violets, berries and medlar flowers

TASTE: Elegant and graceful, persistent, consistent on the nose with a nice fruity aftertaste

PAIRING: Tuna tartare with orange juice

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 10-12 °C

AGRONOMIC DATA

GRAPE VARIETY USED: 100% Perricone or 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: 12,50% Vol.

CONTENT OF SULPHITES: 76 mg/l

VINIFICATION: After destemming-crushing, static sedimentation of the free-run must, 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: 3.000 bottles

FORMATS: 75 cl

PACKAGING: Cartons of 6 bottles each (vertical)