SANTAGOSTINO ROSSO SICILIA I.G.T.

Classification: i.g.t. Sicilian lands
Grapes: Nero d'Avola and Syrah
Production area: Trapani countryside - estate baglio sorìa
Type of soil: clayey limestone
Exposure: south - south / west (200 meters above sea level)
Training system: espalier with spurred cordon / guyot pruning
Plants per hectare: 5,500 / 6,000
Yield per hectare: 7,000 / 7,300 kg
Harvest: manual harvest. Nero d’avola 2nd decade of September, syrah 1st decade of September
Fermentation temperature: 24 ° -26 ° c
Fermentation period: 10 days
Malolactic fermentation: carried out
Refinement in the bottle: about 6 months
Alcoholic degree: 14.35% vol. | ph: 3.57 (Average value) | total acidity: 6 g / lt (average value)
Vinification: traditional in red in thermo-controlled stainless steel tanks
Aging: 8 months in American oak barriques
First harvest produced: 1991
Vintage production: 120,000 bottles
Format: 75 cl bottle
Serving temperature: 16 ° -18 ° c

Recommended glass: slightly bellied balloon.

Color: dense and deep ruby ​​with lively purple traces.

Nose: it presents itself with concentrated and well-defined nuances of morello cherry, wild berries, rhubarb, cloves, aromatic herbs and plums, which alternate and intersect with fascinating hints of licorice, ink and tobacco leaves.

Palate: sweet, soft and caressing, it exhibits its great personality with a strongly Mediterranean imprint, combining with admirable harmony a powerful and exuberant texture, extraordinary gustatory vivacity, velvety tannins and rare nobility.

Characteristics: it is a wine that has made the history of modern Sicilian enology, always appreciated on all international markets, complex and of superior quality, of immense drinkability and pleasantness, with an almost “fleshy” fruit, a champion of its category.