NAME’S ORIGIN: It is the name which in the Arbëresh language spoken in the area of Piana degli Albanesi designates the flat lands that surround our Insolia grape vineyards .

DENOMINATION: IGT TERRE SICILIANE – ORGANIC SPARKLING WINE.

YIELD PER HECTARE: 90 tonnes per Ha. VINE DENSITY: 4,830 plants per Ha.

SOIL QUALITY: medium-textured, rich in clay, gravel and minerals.

ELEVATION: 650mt. a.s.l.

TRAINING SYSTEM: vertical trellises.

PRUNING: spur-trained cordons, 8/10 buds.

BOTTLES PRODUCED: 13220.

FIRST VINTAGE: 2018.

GRAPE: insolia.

HARVEST: manual, early harvest to preserve the grapes’ acidity.

VINIFICATION: grapes are carefully selected, lightly pressed and left to settle at a low temperature for 48 hours. The base juice

undergoes fermentation at a controlled temperature until spring, when it is poured into pressure tanks and, with the addition of yeasts, is fermented once more as the residual sugar spontaneously transforms and generates the carbon dioxide which gives the wine its subtle perlage.

AGEING: in steel vats and a further 3 months in bottle at a controlled temperature.

TOTAL ACIDITY: 6.3 gr/l. ALCOHOL: 12%.

TASTING NOTES:

COLOUR: straw-yellow with clear and pale green highlights, a fine and persistent perlage.

AROMA: a clean nose with delicate hints of white flowers, a pleasant and complex fruity aroma with notes of bread crust and yeast.

FLAVOUR AND TEXTURE: fresh and lively, well-balanced, with a distinctive and pleasant personality. The palate is zesty and harmonious with an interestingly sapid finish.

FOOD PAIRINGS: Excellent as an aperitif and very food-flexible. IDEAL SERVING TEMPERATURE: 6°-8°.