Grotte Alte

DESCRIZIONE Grotte Alte is a place: the limestone ridges on which Vittoria stands. But it is also a wine, my Cerasuolo di Vittoria, made from Frappato and Nero d'Avola grapes. It is a Mediterranean wine that preserves the sapidity of the sea and all the air and temperature ranges of the Iblei mountains. It is harmonious and has known a long aging. Perhaps it is the most ambitious of my wines. CLASSIFICATION Classic Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG VARIETY Nero d'Avola 50% Frappato di Vittoria 50% ALTITUDE 280m above sea level GROUND Media consistenza. Proviene da sabbie brune e roccia sub appenninica di natura calcarea AGRICULTURE Biodynamics, organic certification, no chemical interventions TRAINING SYSTEM Guyot and sapling AVERAGE AGE OF PLANTS 40 years PLANT DENSITY 6,000 plants per hectare TIME OF HARVEST First ten days of October FERMENTATION In vasche di cemento con lieviti indigeni, macerazione di 30GG sulle bucce REFINEMENT 48 mesi in botti di rovere francese da 50HL, 4 mesi in bottiglia