Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG 2021 - GULFI

TYPE DOCG

PRODUCTION AREA Chiaramonte Gulfi (Ragusa) - Monti Iblei

VARIETY 50% Nero d'Avola, 50% Frappato di Vittoria

TYPE OF SOIL Calcareous clayey

VINIFICATION The grapes are vinified in red separately, with a short maceration of the must with the skins, at a controlled temperature and combined at the end of alcoholic fermentation

TRAINING SYSTEM Sapling carried on espalier

COLOR Deep cherry red color with faint purple hues

BOUQUET The nose has hints of fresh red fruit, peach and morello cherry with soft floral nuances

PAIRINGS It goes well with white meats, tuna and elaborate fish dishes

TASTE Harmonious and elegant on the palate

NOTES Intended as the current typology, it was born in 1606, when the city of Vittoria was founded by its founder Vittoria Colonna Henriquez who in fact gave the first 75 colonists in that year a hectare of land on condition that they cultivate another one as a vineyard. Until the end of the 19th century there was an enormous expansion of the vineyards in this area thanks to a policy of incentivizing valuable intensive crops, such as the vine, which enhanced the natural fertility of the soil. It is a red with a strong and ancient tradition, which plays its identity on the combination of the strength of Nero d'Avola which gives acidity and structure (once called Calabrese) and the kindness and fruitiness of Frappato, a vine mainly widespread in the Ragusa area. It is the first and at the moment the only Sicilian DOCG.

AGING About seven months on its lees in steel. Refinement in the bottle for 1-2 months. On the market in June of the year following the harvest