Working with the land. Loving her, respecting her, talking to her. And from there finding the courage to make new experiences, to seek new routes, starting from well-established certainties. This is also a challenge. And so I reflected, and I thought that the Nero d’Avola evolution could also be the withering as it was once used to preserve grapes in winter. The Passo Nero was born, a non too sweet passito that maintains its original acidity.
CLASSIFICATION | PASSITO TERRE SICILIANE IGT |
VARIETY | NERO D’AVOLA |
ALTITUDE | 280 METERS ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL |
SOIL | MEDIUM DENSITY. RED SANDS AND CHALK FROM SUB APENNINE LIMESTONE ROCKS |
AGRICOLTURE | ORGANIC, WITHOUT CHEMICAL INTERVENTION |
TRAINING SYSTEM | ALBERELLO |
AVERAGE AGE OF THE VINES | 15 YEARS |
PLANT DENSITY | 6.500 PLANTS PER HECTAR |
HARVEST PERIOD | FIRST TEN DAYS OF OCTOBER |
DRYING PERIOD | 15 GG |
FERMENTATION | INDIGENOUS YEASTS ONLY, 30 DAYS OF MACERATION ON THE SKINS |
AGEING | 16 MONTHS IN 750L USED TONNEAU, 6 MONTHS BOTTLE, UNFILTERED |