Terre della Baronia Rosso Milazzo
To express the essence of the "Terre della Baronia" of Campobello di Licata, is the Terre della Baronia Rosso, a dominant Nero d'Avola supported by some clones of Perricone grown in the "Milici" area with some of the plants dating back to 1960, to give body and personality.
AGRICULTURE: Certified Organic Regime
GRAPES: dominant Nero d'Avola and Perricone
VINEYARDS: Munti
AVERAGE AGE OF VINEYARDS: over 15 years
SOIL TYPE: organic and rather deep clayey soil
TRAINING SYSTEM: spurred cordon
STUMPS PER HECTARE: over 5600
YIELD PER HECTARE: 80Q
HARVEST PERIOD: October
HARVEST METHOD: selection of the bunches on the plant and manual harvesting in boxes of 14 kg
VINIFICATION: the grapes are gently de-stemmed and after a 24 / 48h pre-fermentation cold maceration is fermented in vertical steel vats for about 3 weeks with daily pumping over in the air, in order to optimize the extraction of colors and aromas from the peels
MATURATION: about 12 months partly in oak barriques and partly in steel - final refinement in the bottle
ALCOHOL: 14.5% vol
COLOR: impenetrable red
NOSE: sweet scents reminiscent of mulberry and black cherry. Sweet spices are reminiscent of licorice, incense and cocoa berry
PALATE: it is structured with a vigorous but at the same time elegant and fragrant character, with excellent persistence
PAIRING: accompanies first courses based on meat and vegetables, grilled meats, roasts, game, medium-aged cheeses
SERVING TEMPERATURE: about 17-18°C
POTENTIAL AGING: over 8/10 years
Originally bottled by Azienda Agricola G. Milazzo s.p.a. Campobello di Licata (AG) Italy
- Alcohol level
- 14.5%
- Cellars
- Milazzo
- Grapes
- Nero d'Avola - Perricone
- Region
- Sicily
- Appellation
- DOP Sicilia
