Don Pietro Sicilian White Wine Spadafora

Don Pietro Bianco Bio 2023 Dei Principi di Spadafora

Don Pietro Bianco Dei Principi di Spadafora takes its name from the founder of the Spadafora farm, Don Pietro, father of the current owner Francesco Spadafora. Don Pietro Bianco is a fresh and well-balanced wine, a blend of native Sicilian grapes Grillo and Catarratto. The uniqueness of the terroir of Contrada Virzì in Monreale, the expert work of the winemakers, the respect for the environment and the rigorous attention to the principles of the organic regime, from the vineyard to the bottling, contribute to the extraordinary quality of this Sicilian wine.

Denomination: Terre Siciliane IGP

Type: Organic white wine

Grape Variety: 53% Grillo, 47% Cataratto

Year of planting: 1998

Production area: Contrada Virzì, Monreale, Palermo – Map Sheet 142

Altitude: 300 m above sea level

Exposure: North-East

Soil: sandy-clayey

Training system: espalier

Type of pruning: simple Guyot

Density of vines per ha: 5000 plants

Grape yield per ha: 50 hectoliters

Harvest: manual between August and September

Vinification: the grapes, freshly picked, arrive in the cellar where they are destemmed, using a rotary eccentric screw volumetric pump. The grapes are dropped through a heat exchanger, which further lowers the temperature by another 10-15°C, and part of them arrive in a tank for the creation of the pié de cuvé and the remaining part in a soft press. The must obtained is immediately cooled, thus determining spontaneous decantation. After about three days, the clear part is transferred into cement tanks where the controlled fermentation generated by the fermenting must, son of the pied de cuve, begins

Aging: 3 months in cement tanks

Aging in bottle: 3 months

Alcohol content: 12% vol

Color: intense straw yellow with evident greenish reflections

Nose: fruity and harmonious bouquet

Palate: rich and savoury

Pairings: perfect white wine with first and second courses based on fish, sushi, white meats, vegetables and soft cheeses

Serving temperature: 13°C

Produced by Azienda Agricola Spadafora Dei Principi di Spadafora – Contrada Virzì – Monreale (PA) - Italy