is to feel the emotion in a Passito Pantelleria DOC discovering unique scents and aromas. Maceration of the grapes and pressing soft give this wine an aroma of ripe fruit with hints of sage and mint flavor and a very full and rich.
Description
Potential aging: 3-4 years Serving temperature: 12-14 ° C on the cheese, the dessert and sweets buckets. 18-20 ° C as wine mediation. Grapevine (Grapes): Muscat of Alexandria (Zibibbo) Production area: Contrada Rekale, island of Pantelleria System: any tree Pantesco creeping Type of pruning: 8-10 with short spurs Planting density: 2,500 vines / ha Terrain: Volcanic - sand - loose with the presence of pumice Exposure vineyards: terraced Vintage: Early - 1st decade of August Analytical data must: Acid 38-40% sugar. tot. 6,5-7 Grape yield per hectare: 50 quintals Grape yield / plant: 1.5 Kg - 2 Vinification: collection in boxes of grapes. Drying of some of them on reed mats. Long maceration in the must of grapes, crushing and fermenting very slowly until the required gradation. Duration contact with skin: 80-90 days Malolactic fermentation: No Aging in wood: It is 36-18 months (part new - used) Aging in oak barrels, 80% for 3 years, 20% for 2 years Alcohol: 14% vol. Titratable acidity: 4,5 pH: 3,9-4,2 Residual sugar: 130 gr. / lt Visual Appearance: amber with coppery reflections Nose: large, hints of ripe fruit and toasted orange peel, hints of sage and mint Taste: complex, very full and rich
