NAME’S ORIGIN: chosen to evoke the wine’s “natural” vinification, obtained using spontaneous fermentation with no added yeast and sulphites.

DENOMINATION: IGT Terre Siciliane.

LOCATION: Contrada Pianetto, Santa Cristina Gela (PA).

YIELD PER HECTARE: 9 tonnes.

VINE DENSITY: 4.830 plants per ha.

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

ELEVATION: 650 m a.s.l.
TRAINING SYSTEM: vertical trellises. PRUNING: spur-trained cordons, 8/10 buds. BOTTLES PRODUCED: 6.400.
FIRST VINTAGE: 2013.
GRAPE BLEND: Insolia.
HARVEST: manual, September. VINIFICATION: grapes are sorted by hand

before they are destemmed and lightly pressed, spontaneous fermentation with the skins with no addition of sulphites. Final malolactic fermentation.

AGEING: in steel vats with native yeasts for 24 months until the wine has achieved its natural stability. Once bottled, the wine is allowed to evolve for another 12 months.

TOTAL ACIDITY: 6.10 g/L ALCOHOL: 15%.
TASTING NOTES:
COLOUR: a clear golden yellow.

AROMA: ample and spicy, with notes of ripe citrus and candied orange. Floral hints of chamomile and orange blossom followed by balsamic notes and aromatic herbs.

FLAVOUR AND TEXTURE: full bodied, sapid and mineral, the taste confirms the aromatic notes.

FOOD PAIRINGS: perfect as an aperitif, served with cold cuts and either soft or aged cheese, oily fish, tuna, salmon.

IDEAL SERVING TEMPERATURE: 7°.