Il Frappato DOC Valle dell'Acate Wines
Frappato di Vittoria Organic Wine fresh and fragrant
Frappato Valle dell'Acate is a Sicilian red wine made from pure Frappato grapes. It is a wine with particular characteristics, extremely fruity and very fresh. A red wine with easy pairings, perfect not only with meat dishes but also with fish if drunk cooler.
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The Frappato 2023 DOC Vittoria Organic – Valle dell’Acate Wines
Il Frappato by Valle dell’Acate is one of the wines of the 7 terre per 7 vini line. Created to enhance the territory, this fine line of wines combines the vines with the most representative Iblean terroir to give each wine a characteristic and highly qualitative expression. Il Frappato finds its maximum expression on the Terra Nera with white pebbles, a terroir that gives this wine complexity of aromas and good acidity. A red wine that combines incredible lightness with impressive finesse, depth and elegance, without being too strong or rich in extract.
Denomination: Vittoria DOC
Type: Organic red wine
Grape Variety: 100% Frappato
Production area: Contrada di Biddine Soprana e Sottana, Acate (RG), Eastern Sicily
Altitude: 100 m above sea level
Soil: fairly compact black soil with white pebbles. This structure allows the vines to have good oxygenation of the roots that go very deep
Training system: Counter-espalier
Pruning type: spurred cordon
Density of vines per ha: 5000 plants
Grape yield per ha: 7400 kg
Harvest: manual between September and October
Fermentation: Destemming-crushing of the grapes, fermentation in open vats at a temperature of 28-29°C for 15 days, three manual punching down in 24 hours, soft pressing of the marc
Malolactic fermentation: carried out in steel
Aging: 6 months in steel
Aging in the bottle: at least 3 months
Alcohol content: 12.5% vol
Color: light and bright ruby red
Nose: fragrant, fresh and exuberant bouquet. The nose offers aromas of red fruits, raspberries and blackberries, violet flowers and sage
Palate: very lively and fresh, particularly aromatic of red fruits and rose buds. The finish is dry, pleasant and persistent
Pairings: red wine for aperitifs based on fresh and mature cheeses, cured meats from the Nebrodi Black Pig. Red wine also perfect with fish dishes such as Sicilian red tuna, fish soup, red mullet, sushi and sashimi
Serving temperature: 14-15°C
First vintage: 1995
Bottled at origin by Valle dell’Acate – Acate (RG) - Italy
- Grapes
- Frappato
- Region
- Sicily
- Appellation
- Vittoria DOC
- Alcohol level
- 12.5%
