Uve

Catarratto

Zona di produzione

Camporeale in the province of Palermo at 600 metres above sea level; north-south aspect.

Gradazione

12.5% Vol.

Conservazione ottimale

3 Years

Abbinamenti gastronomici

Full-flavoured fish and shellfish, fish soup, even when spicy, hot and cold white meats.

Allergeni

Contiene solfiti

Vinificazione e affinamento

The grapes for the Catarratto are harvested in late September. In order to preserve varietal aromas, contact with oxygen is limited using a controlled atmosphere system throughout the vinification process, which involves soft crushing, cold settling, and fermentation at a controlled temperature of 12–14° C with cultured yeasts. Temperature control makes it possible to prolong fermentation for over two weeks. Analytical tests are made on a daily basis. The wine is kept on the lees until March, but not before spending three months in 5,000-litre French oak barrels.

Note di degustazione

Precise vinification techniques and barrel ageing give this wine a complex nose, with well-developed Mediterranean aromas of sage, tomato leaf and caper blossom. This light gold wine offers a rounded, satisfying body, expressing the sun of its land of origin, where Catarratto shows a unique character, unrepeatable elsewhere.