Nero D'Avola Morgante
This wine is an intense ruby-red in color with aromas of ripe black cherries and blackberries and hints of vanilla, peppery spice, and smoke.
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. Serve at 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
