Nero D'Avola Morgante
Nero d'Avola DOC Morgante - Sicilian Red Wine
A red wine with velvety tannins, pleasantly persistent, Morgante's Nero d'Avola is an elegant and fascinating table wine, perfect with Sicilian dishes such as eggplant parmigiana or with roast meat and pork ribs. On the nose it offers fruity tones, of Mediterranean scrub and on the palate it is full-bodied with a fresh and correct finish.
Fruity notes of black currant and blueberry, hints of juniper and myrtle Mediterranean scrub, velvety tannin and good persistence make Nero d'Avola of Morgante an excellent Sicilian table wine.
Grapes: 100% Nero D'Avola
Denomination: Sicilia DOC
Production area: Grotte (Agrigento)
Planting year: 1986
Altitude of the vineyards: 450/550 above sea level
Soil type: calcareous-clayey of medium texture
Training system: Guyot and spurred cordon
Density of the vines: 3.500 vines per hectare
Production per hectare: 60/70 quintals
Yield of grapes into wine: 65%
Harvest period: First half of September
Vinification: 15 days maceration on the skins in steel tanks
Fermentation temperature: 25-28°C
Malolactic fermentation: in steel tanks
Aging: short aging in 225-liter Allier and Troncaise barriques, then in the bottle for a few months
Alcohol: 14.50% Vol
Total acidity: 5.50 gr x liter
Ph: 3.50
Pairings: Ideal with meat soups, legumes and typical dishes of the Sicilian culinary tradition. Also try it with fish dishes with an intense flavor.
Serving temperature: 16-18°C
Originally bottled by Morgante s.r.l. soc. agr. Grotte (AG) ITALY
- Alcohol level
- 14.5%
- Cellars
- Morgante
- Grapes
- Nero d'Avola
- Region
- Sicily
- Appellation
- Sicilia DOC
