Don Carlo Nero d'Avola Appassimento
Don Carlo Nero d'Avola Appassimento
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Winemaker's notes
Your package will arrive at your doorstep within4 - 16 days
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Product details
About the wine and its characterCountry:
Italy
Region/Subregion:
Sicilia
Classification:
DOC
Certification:
-
Grape:
Nero d'Avola (100%)
Vintage year:
2023
Color:
APPEARANCE: Dark Ruby, with shades of Purple
Aroma:
powerful notes of violets, black cherries, vanilla and spices
Taste:
Full bodied wine with intense red fruit flavors with a smooth finale
Alcohol content:
14%
Sugar content:
14.5 g/l
Acidity:
5.5
pH-value:
3.4
Sweetness:
Semi-dry
Contains sulphite:
Yes
Volume:
750 ml
Closure:
Agglomerate cork
Bottle:
Glass
Best Served:
15 °C
Food pairing:
Asian, Beef, Lamb, Pasta / Pizza, Pork, Spicy food
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Asian
- Beef
- Lamb
- Pasta / Pizza
- Pork
- Spicy food
Vinification, winemaker's own words
Soils:
Clay, Sand
Terroir:
The vineyards are located in central Sicily, in the province of Caltanissetta, at about 500metres above sea level. The altitude, together with the distance from the sea, provides for excellent diurnal variety where the warm Sicilian sun is alternated with fresh, cool evenings, ensuring great condition for ripening the grapes. The vines are planted south facing following the vertical trellis system on sandy and clay rich soil using guyot pruning.
Harvest:
Picked by hand
Fermentation:
-
Storage:
-
Winemaker:
Nino Reina
Before picking date, half of the grapes are cut off and left on the plant to dry under the warm Sicilian sun. The parcel is then harvested. After de-stemming and maceration of the skins for about 12 days, fermentation occurs for 15 days at a temperature of 24-26°C in stainless steel tanks. Part of the wine then spends about 6 months in used Gamba Oak barrels of 250 liters.