Schietto Nero d'Avola Bio IGP 2014 magnum - Dei Principi di Spadafora

Schietto Nero d'Avola IGP Sicilia "Dei Principi di Spadafora" is a red, still and dry wine, vinified with Nero d'Avola grapes. This wine is vinified in cement vats, aged in large barrels for one year and at least six months in the bottle. Lo Schietto is the closing of the circle, at least for now. In fact, a reserve produced with this grape was missing and now, after nine years, the right terrain has been identified, it has fully entered the range of wines produced by the Spadafora company. The Schietto Nero d'Avola IGP Sicilia "Dei Principi di Spadafora" is vinified in concrete vats, aged in large barrels for one year and in bottles for six months. Cellar: Dei Principi di Spadafora Area: Sicily Classification: IGP Biological organic Alcohol content (% vol.): 14.0 Color: Ruby red Format (cl.): 75.0 Label name: Schietto Nero d'Avola IGP Sicily PHYSICAL AND ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS Colour: ruby red. Bouquet: enveloping and penetrating wine of wild berries, long aromatic persistence. Taste: soft tannins. RECOMMENDED TEMPERATURE: 16°-18°C GASTRONOMIC COMBINATIONS: Roasts and mild cheeses. TECHNICAL DATA Grape variety: Nero d'Avola 100% Provenance: Contrada Virzì, Monreale, Palermo Sheet of Map 142 Exposure: South Altimetry: 220 asl Soil: Sandy-clayey granulometry Training system: Simple Guyot espalier Planting density: 5,000 plants/hectare Year of planting: 2012 Harvest: September Yield: 40 hectoliters/hectare Vinification and ageing: Maceration for up to 18 days, temperature between 20° and 25° C. Aging: 1 year in large barrels for 50%, the rest in steel. PRESS Concours Amphore 2016 Paris – Frank 2011 – Gold Medal Wine Spectator – Schietto Nero d'Avola wine 2011 – 91 Points CWSA – China Wine & Spirits Awards 2015 – Schietto wine 2011 – Silver medal