PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NOTES:
Colour: deep purple-red. Bouquet: enveloping with notes of berries.Taste: rich and incisive. Firm and well-balanced tannins.

RECOMMENDED TEMPERATURE: 18°C.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS:
Roasts, game and mild cheese.

TECHNICAL DATA

Varietal: Syrah 100%.

Origin: Contrada Virzì, Monreale, Palermo.

Exposure: North.

Altitude: 450 m above sea level.

Soil: Sandy-clay.

Training system: Spurred cordon.

Density: 5,000 plants per hectare.

Year of planting: 1996.

Harvest: End of August.

Yield: 40 hl/hectare.

Winemaking process: Spontaneous fermentation, maceration for 25 days, fermentation temperature between 24° and 28° C.

Ageing: 40% in steel vats, 40% in big 250L wooden barrels and 20% in barriques of 1st, 2nd year.