Don Antonio Red Wine Cellar Morgante

Don Antonio Riserva Nero d'Avola - Morgante Wines

Don Antonio by Morgante winery is one of the most representative Nero d’Avola wines of the Sicilian wine scene. An extraordinary Riserva red wine with an imposing structure and mellow and refined tannins.

Denomination: Sicilia DOC

Type: Red wine

Grape Variety: 100% Nero d’Avola

Year of planting: 1970/1975

Vineyards: Grotte (Agrigento)

Altitude: 500-550 m above sea level

Soil: white calcareous soils with clay fractions

Climate: warm autumn with no rain. The first and last weeks of December were very rainy. The winter was not very rainy with a mild temperature that continued into spring. Heavy rains in the first week of June followed by excessive heat (38-40°C) that lasted until mid-August. From the second half of August until October the mild and dry climate allowed a perfect ripening of the grapes, rich and harmonious

Training system: guyot and spurred cordon

Density of vines per ha: 3,500 plants

Grape yield per ha: 40-50 quintals

Harvest: manual between the end of September and the beginning of October

Vinification: in stainless steel tanks with maceration on the skins for about 20 days at a controlled temperature of 26°C

Malolactic fermentation: in stainless steel tanks

Aging: 12 months in new 225-liter French oak barriques Allier, Troncaise and Never

Aging in the bottle: about 12 months

Alcohol content: 15% vol

Color: very deep red with purple reflections

Nose: complex bouquet with voluptuous aromas accompanied by a light toasting and a refreshing balsamic note. On the nose it offers aromas of ripe cherry, blackberry, rose, sweet spices, licorice, cocoa, black peppercorns and cloves

Palate: red wine with a soft and enveloping structure, very varietal and clear. It expresses great intensity in a balanced and elegant way

Pairings: red wine perfect to accompany medium and long-aged cheeses and red meats with a strong flavour such as roast red meats and braised furred game

Glass: large crystal glass

Serving temperature: 18°C

Bottled at origin by Morgante s.r.l. soc. agr. - Grotte (AG) - Italy