DONNATÀ NERO D’AVOLA

The young and thriving Nero d’Avola vineyards, planted in 2000 using an espalier training system, are lying on clay soils, rich in limestone and potassium.
Produced from the most important Sicilian red grape, Donnatà has a strong and complex personality, which generously expresses its origins by being a very enjoyable and well-balanced wine.
Dark ruby red with lively and bright hues.
Is an aromatic and distinct wine, where fragrant and wholesome notes of blackberry, cherry, Mediterranean shrubs, nutmeg and chocolate vie with each other.
Intense, lively and with character; Donnatá is soft yet pulsating and extremely pleasant to drink. Harmonious, silky and with enduring determination.

TECHNICAL FEATURES
SOIL COMPOSITION hilly, clay and sandy
ALTITUDE 330-350 meters above sea level
AGE OF VINES 2000, 2006
PRODUCTION AREA Contrada Mandranova and Contrada Torretta in the Camporeale countryside
TRAINING SYSTEM espalier training with spurred cordon pruning
NO. OF VINES/HECTARE 4.400
YIELD/HECTARE 8.0 tonnes
HARVEST PERIOD second ten days of September with manual harvest and grape selection
MACERATION 12 days in a temperature-controlled environment
ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION 7 days in steel tanks (23-26 °C)
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION fully carried out in stainless steel tanks with indigenous lactic bacteria
AGEING 6 months in steel tanks; a little part of the mass remains 6 months in big oak cask
BOTTLE AGEING 10 months at controlled temperature (18 °C)
WINE TYPE red – DOC Sicilia- BIO
GRAPE VARIETY 100% Nero d’Avola
ALCOHOL CONTENT 14% ABV
SERVING TEMPERATURE 16°C
SUGGESTED GLASS medium slightly paunchy glass
BEST WITH divine with the Palermitan anelletti al forno (oven-cooked, ring-shaped pasta) or red-finned tuna