NAME’S ORIGIN: an homage to the warm south-easterly wind that blows through the ancient town of Siracusa.

DENOMINATION: IGT Terre Siciliane.
LOCATION: Contrada Baroni, Noto (SR).
YIELD PER HECTARE: 9 tonnes.
VINE DENSITY: 7 ha with 8.264 plants per ha.
SOIL QUALITY: medium-textured sandy-calcareous soil. ALTITUDINE: 50 m a.s.l.

TRAINING SYSTEM: vertical trellises. PRUNING: spur-trained cordons, 8/10 buds. BOTTLES PRODUCED: 13.000.
FIRST VINTAGE: 2014.
GRAPE BLEND: Syrah.
HARVEST: manual, August and September.

VINIFICATION: grapes are sorted by hand before they are destemmed and lightly pressed. Early natural fermentation using the grapes’ own wild
yeast, maceration with the aid of marc presses

and delestage fermentation to best preserve the primary character of the grapes.

AGEING: in French oak barriques for 12 months, new, a second or third ageing depending on vintage. In bottle for 24 months.

TOTAL ACIDITY: 5.83 g/L
ALCOHOL: 14.5%.
TASTING NOTES:
COLOUR: Ruby red, dark with violet glints.

AROMA: Rich and elegant, with notes of black cherries in alcohol, blackcurrants, cocoa, graphite, humus, toasted coffee, rhubarb, leather, black pepper and cloves vying with each other to create an intriguing and charming bouquet.

FLAVOUR AND TEXTURE: Ready to be drunk and harmonious, from the alcohol point of view it is a warm wine; to the taste
it is also quite savory. Intense and persistent, full-bodied with silky and enveloping tannins.

FOOD PAIRINGS: remarkable with a tasty Sicilian Pecorino cheese and braised black pig. Roasted or grilled red meat, wild game such as venison or wild boar.

IDEAL SERVING TEMPERATURE: 18°.