Siriki Rosso Syrah Sicilia IGP Bio 2016 - Dei Principi di Spadafora

TASTING NOTES Colour: it has a deep purple-red Bouquet: the nose is enveloping with hints of wild berries Taste: the palate is rich and incisive. Present and balanced tannins PAIRINGS Siriki Syrah IGP by Principi di Spadafora goes perfectly with roasts, game and cheeses. To be served at a recommended temperature of 18 degrees. WINERY Spadafora is a noble Sicilian family of which the first certified traces date back to 1230. The estate suffered a lot of damage during the 1968 earthquake but Don Pietro rebuilt and redeveloped the company, re-evaluating the native vines and bringing other vines intended for birth to Sicily of quality wines. The current owner is Francesco Spadafora, son of Don Pietro, and then of Enrica Spadafora, the daughter. The history of bottled Spadafora wine began almost twenty years ago, in the summer of 1988, when the owner moved to Virzì to take care of the vineyards. Today the company cultivates 95 hectares of vineyards divided over a property of 180 hectares at an altitude varying between 200 and 400 meters above sea level where Catarratto, Grillo, Inzolia and Chardonnay grapes have been planted between the whites and Syrah, Cabernet, Merlot and Nero d'Avola among the black grapes. VARIETIES AND CURIOSITIES Siriki Syrah IGP dei Principi di Spadafora is obtained from Syrah grapes harvested manually at the end of August and cultivated in Monreale, on sandy clayey soils facing south, at an altitude of 300 meters above mare.Fermenta level. It ferments spontaneously from pied de grape cuves in the absence of sulfur dioxide in cement tanks and maceration for up to 12 days at a controlled temperature. Aged 2 years in steel and 6 months in bottle. Among the most interesting examples of the Syrah typology