NAME’S ORIGIN: the grape variety employed. DENOMINATION: IGT Terre Siciliane, organic. LOCATION: Contrada Baroni, Noto (SR). YIELD PER HECTARE: 9 tonnes.

VINE DENSITY: 5.050 plants per ha.
SOIL QUALITY: medium-textured calcareous-clay soil. ELEVATION: 50 m a.s.l.
TRAINING SYSTEM: vertical trellises.
PRUNING: spur-trained cordons, 8/10 buds.
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 26.000.
FIRST VINTAGE: 2010.
GRAPE BLEND: Frappato.
HARVEST: manual, September.

VINIFICATION: grape selection followed by destemming and a light pressing. In steel fermentation at a controlled temperature followed by traditional pigeage and pump-over.

AGEING: in steel tanks for 14 months. In bottle for 3 months. TOTAL ACIDITY: 5.30 g/L.
ALCOHOL: 13%.
TASTING NOTES:

COLOUR: Very clear ruby red.

AROMA: Fragrant, fresh and overpowering; hints of red fruits, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, violet flowers and sage.

FLAVOUR AND TEXTURE: Very vivacious and fresh, particularly aromatic because of red fruit and rosebuds, a dry pleasant and persistent closing. Smooth and medium-bodied with a delicate tannin.

FOOD PAIRINGS: Appetizers including fresh and aged cheeses, salamis, Sicilian red tuna, fish soup, mullet, sushi and sashimi. Pasta with anchovies and breadcrumbs, Rigatoni pasta with bacon, tomatoes and pecorino cheese, Pasta layered with Bolognese sauce and béchamel, mushrooms, bean and red onion soup, chicken, turkey and sausage.

IDEAL SERVING TEMPERATURE: 14°.