VARIETY
Chardonnay 100%
TERRITORY
Production area: South we- stern Sicily, Contrada Ragana (Sciacca), Carboj islands
Disposition: 50 meters above sea level
Relief: level
Land: silty-clay in sub-alkaline reaction, with the presence of total limestone in small quan- tities, rich in nutrients (potas- sium, magnesium, calcium, iron, manganese, zinc).
IDENTITY
Grapes: Chardonnay
Area: Sciacca, Carboy islands Age: 15 years
Pruning: Guyot
Harvesting: August
Method: by hand
Fermentation: barriques
Density: 4500
Yield: 65 Q.li per Ha
Aging: 12 months in barrel and 4-5 months in steel and at least 6 months in bottle.
Alcohol: 13% Vol.
DESCRIPTION
Wine obtained by Chardonnay grapes in pureness. The harvest is at half august. The vini cation is made in French durmast barrels. It is aged in new and second passage barrels for a period of about 6 months, and for other six months the wine is aged in the bottle. It’s a wine with an important structure and fullness, but also delicate and elegant.
Fruited with elegant notes of yellow pulp fruit mixed with explosive hints of vanilla and hazelnuts that come from the aging in the barrels. Enveloping and elegant with an important structure balanced by a ne mineral and a pleasant sourness that are in harmony with the tannins of wood with the hints of fresh fruit. It also predominate a magnetic seafood taste.