Bukkuram Padre della Vigna Passito Marco De Bartoli

Bukkuram Padre della Vigna Passito di Pantelleria DOC - De Bartoli winery

Obtained from Moscato di Alessandria grapes trained in the "alberello pantesco" system, a system recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, Bukkuram Padre della Vigna is the Passito of great vintages. A perfect harmony between structure, acidity and softness due to the ancient art of passito which today, "strangely", makes it unusual.

Typology: natural sweet wine

Classification: Passito di Pantelleria DOC

Grape variety: 100% Zibibbo

Production area: C/da Bukkuram – Island of Pantelleria

Altitude: 200 m a.s.l.

Exposure: southwest

Vineyard area (ha): 4

Vineyard age: from 35 to 50 years

Terrain: volcanic, hilly-terraced

Plants per hectare: 2,500 plants

Yield per hectare (hl): 25

Training system: alberello pantesco

Harvest: manual, second week of August and first week of September

Vinification: 50% of the grapes are dried in the sun for at least four weeks in special drying racks, delimited by large lava stone walls. The remaining part ripens on the plant until September. At advanced fermentation, the previously dried grapes are added and left to macerate for about three months until a balanced ratio between the alcoholic component and the residual sugar is obtained.

Refinement: 42 months in 225 l French oak barrels and 6 months in steel tanks

Alcohol content: 14.5% vol

Pairings: at the end of a meal with sweets of various kinds or sipping wine with dark chocolate

Serving temperature: 12-16°C

Bottled by Marco De Bartoli & C. srl on behalf of Società Agricola De Bartoli srl Pantelleria Italy