Vignaverde Marco de Bartoli wine

Grillo Vignaverde Contrada Samperi 2023 De Bartoli winery

Vignaverde represents the freshest and youngest expression of Grillo, the symbolic vine of the De Bartoli winery. It takes its name from the "unexpected green" color of the grapes of the Samperi vineyard in the 2013 vintage. The cooler and less sultry climate of 2013 in fact allowed the Contrada Samperi vineyard to be extraordinarily luxuriant and verdant and to produce lively and vigorous grapes. A fragrant and lively vintage wine, the fruit of a territory that never ceases to surprise.

Denomination: Sicilia DOC

Type: Still white wine

Grape Variety: 100% Grillo

Vineyards: Contrada Samperi

Production area: Western Sicily, Marsala (TP)

Soil: calcareous-sandy flat

Vineyard extension: 9 ha

Age of the vineyard: over 20 years

Training system: counter-espalier

Type of pruning: Guyot

Planting density: 3,500 plants/ha

Yield per hectare: 60 q

Harvest: manual, in the second ten days of August

Vinification: after a rigorous manual selection of the bunches, the grapes are subjected to soft pressing. The low temperature must is decanted for 48 hours

Fermentation: the clarified must begins fermentation in steel tanks, at a controlled temperature, by indigenous yeasts

Aging: 7 months in steel tanks on fine lees

Analytical data of the wine: Acidity: 7.28; Residual sugars: <1.9; pH: 3; Total SO2: 29mg/l

Alcohol content: 12.5% ​​vol

Color: golden with brilliant reflections

Nose: fruity and floral bouquet with hints of orange blossom, citrus fruits, yellow peach and iodine notes of sea water

Palate: fresh, mineral and good persistence

Pairings: perfect white wine with first courses based on wholemeal pasta, morsels of sea bass, Sicilian truffle from the Iblei mountains

Serving temperature: 10-14°C

First vintage: 2013

Bottled at origin by Società Agricola De Bartoli Srl - Pantelleria - Italy in the Marsala cellar - Italy