Schietto Nero d’Avola Bio Spadafora wines

Schietto Nero D'Avola BIO Reserve 2016 Dei Principi di Spadafora

From pure native Nero d'Avola grapes, the Dei Principi di Spadafora winery produces Schietto Nero d'Avola Selezione Limitata, a structured, harmonious organic red wine with great aromatic persistence. All stages of wine production, from work in the vineyard to vinification in the cellar, are carried out with great care to create a high-quality wine, naturally fermented from a pied de cuve of the same grapes harvested three days earlier and without the addition of sulfur.

Denomination: Terre Siciliane IGP

Type: Organic red wine

Grape Variety: 100% Nero d’Avola

Year of planting: 2000

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

Altitude: 220 m above sea level

Exposure: South

Soil: sandy-clayey

Training system: espalier

Type of pruning: simple Guyot

Density of vines per ha: 5000 plants

Grape yield per ha: 40 hectoliters

Harvest: manual in September

Vinification: spontaneous fermentation from pied de cuve of the grapes in the absence of sulfur, in a cement tank. Maceration takes place at a controlled temperature for up to 10 days

Aging: 50% in 25 hl oak barrels, 50% in steel for 1 year

Alcohol content: 14% vol

Color: ruby ​​red

Nose: bouquet of great aromatic persistence, enveloping and penetrating with aromas of berries

Palate: soft tannins

Pairings: red wine that goes well with roasts, game and slightly matured, non-spicy cheeses

Serving temperature: 16-18°C

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