Grapes: Nero D’Avola & Nerello Mascelese, Sicillia DOC, Sicilia, Italy
Wet-stone and rose aroma blend with notes of crushed
cherries, thyme, rosemary and elderberries. Medium-to
full-bodied with very fine, slightly tight tannins. It begins
floral, but slowly becomes more mineral and complex. A
sturdy core of red fruit grounds the palate throughout.
Bark, chicory root and dried herbs come through. Layered.
The grapes were left in pre-fermentative maceration for
2 days and, once alcoholic fermentation
with only indigenous yeast was complete, post-fermentation maceration
was carried out for approximately 2 months including spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Once racked,
the wine remained on the fine lees with continuous
batonnage until June, after which it was put on clean
lees and bottled in September 2022. Fermentation in 25
hectolitres cement vats, final three months of ageing in 10 hectolitres stainless steel containers. At increasingly longer intervals, on the day of the descending moon of the flowers, a remuage for each individual bottle was performed.