Harmonium Firriato

Harmonium Firriato - Three crus of Nero d'Avola

Sicilian red wine with great personality and a Mediterranean imprint, Harmonium Firriato was born out of an act of love towards Sicily and her most important native red grape variety. It is a great Sicilian Cuvée of three Nero d'Avola crus. With a dark and dense ruby red color, it offers wonderful hints of red fruit, with plum and black cherry in evidence. Harmonium is a powerful, warm, sunny wine, with velvety and noble tannins.

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It is the result of an act of love for Sicily and its symbolic red grape. You care and passion for a wine that is a masterpiece of balance and harmony. Hence the name Harmonium.

Classification: DOC Sicily

Grape variety: 100% Nero d'Avola

Vineyard location: Agro di Trapani, Borgo Guarini estate

Exposure: North-East (Cru della Ferla), South (Cru della Beccaccia) South-East (Cru della Lepre) at 300 meters above sea level

Soil composition: Medium texture, silty clay

Training system: Espalier with Guyot pruning

N. plants per hectare: 5.000/5.500

Yield per hectare: 6,300 kg

Harvest: Manual harvest. From the first to the last ten days of September depending on the Cru

Fermentation temperature: 24°-26°C

Fermentation period: 14 days

Production technique: Traditional in red in thermo-controlled stainless steel tanks

Malolactic Fermentation: Performed

Maturation: 12 months in French and American barriques

Refinement in the bottle: 20 months

Alcohol content: 14.5% in vol.

Color: deep and deep ruby red

Nose: concentrated and well-defined nuances of morello cherry, wild berries, rhubarb, cloves, aromatic herbs and plum, which alternate and intersect with fascinating hints of licorice, ink and tobacco leaves.

Palate: Rich in pulp, sweet, soft and caressing, it is a masterpiece of balance and harmony. Its personality is powerful and its tannins vigorous and velvety

Pairings: Suitable for dishes based on robust red meats, roasts, game and aged hard cheeses

Glass: Large and transparent long-stemmed glass of medium weight

Serving temperature: 16-18°C.

First vintage produced: 1997

Bottled at the origin by Firriato Winery Srl Paceco (TP) - ITALY