NAME’S ORIGIN: the grape variety employed. DENOMINATION: Sicilia DOC, organic.
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: 60.000.
FIRST VINTAGE: 2017.
GRAPE BLEND: Viognier.
HARVEST: manual, the harvest is performed in three different stages to create three bases (acid/ ripe/super-ripe).
VINIFICATION: grape selection followed by a
light pressing, a static settling of the musts and spontaneous fermentation in steel at a controlled temperature.
AGEING: in steel tanks on the lees for 3 months, followed by the blending of the three bases and a final ageing in bottle (for a minimum of two months).
TOTAL ACIDITY: 6.28 g/L.
ALCOHOL: 12.5 %.
TASTING NOTES:
COLOUR: Straw yellow with slightly green highlights.
AROMA: It has a subtle fragrance, with delicious notes of yellow fruits (mango, pear, peach, apricot, pineapple, quince), spring flowers (violet, iris, acacia), musk and spices, as well as hazelnuts and almonds.
FLAVOUR AND TEXTURE: Elegant and very scented white wine, smooth, mellow and medium-bodied.
FOOD PAIRINGS: It goes particularly well with green asparagus, sushi, oysters, freshwater fish, shrimps tails, goat’s cheeses.
IDEAL SERVING TEMPERATURE: 10°.