Description
Donnatà Nero d’Avola comes from the most significant Sicilian red grape, which fully expresses its territory through an admirable balance and a surprising pleasantness. On clay soils, rich in limestone and potassium, the vineyards of Nero d’Avola are laid down and vigorous, planted starting from 2000 with an espalier system with spurred cordon.
FEATURES
The Donnatà Nero d’Avola is a wine with a strong personality and complexity, which fully expresses the territory from which it comes, also through its admirable balance and surprisingly pleasant to drink.
TASTING NOTES
Color | deep ruby red with bright and luminous reflections.
Smell | characterized by an articulated aromatic pattern in which fragrant and whole notes of plum, raspberry, blackberry, cherry, violet, Mediterranean scrub, nutmeg and chocolate alternate.
Palate | intense, vigorous and well-structured, it is soft and pulsating, very pleasant to drink due to its gustatory harmony and its long, long finish.
CURIOSITY’
The Nero d’Avola Alessandro di Camporeale takes its name from the name they gave to the family at Christmas, calling it Don Natale and then to the Sicilian Don Natà.
TYPE
Type | red – DOC Sicily – BIO
Grape variety | 100% Nero D’Avola
Alcoholic strength | 14% vol.
Bottles in the vintage | 60,000
Pairings | ideal with baked Palermo-style anelletti or with a succulent sliced tuna
Serving temperature | 16 ° C
Chalice | slightly paunchy, of average height and size
Type of soil | hilly, clayey, sandy
Altitude | 380 meters s.l.m.
Year of planting | 2000
Production area | Contrada Mandranova, agro of Camporeale (PA)
Breeding system | espalier with spurred cord
Plants per hectare | 4,400
Yield per hectare | 80 quintals
Harvest time | second decade of September with manual harvesting and selection of bunches
Alcoholic fermentation | seven days at 23-26 ° C in Macerazione steel tanks | about twelve days, at a controlled temperature
Malolactic fermentation | completely carried out in steel tanks with indigenous lactic bacteria
Aging | 6 months in steel tanks, a small part of the mass for 6 months in 30 hl oak barrels
Bottle aging | 10 months at controlled temperature (18 ° C)
Organic wine, Sicily DOC
750 ml
14% VOL
year: 2016
