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Maninalto Sicily edition 2017
Red wine
#sicilyedition
South-est of Sicily near to Vittoria city, the land of the unique DOCG appellation from the island - Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG red wine.
2017 was super exciting as it was my first wine
I could commercialise.
It was also a great vintage, much less acid than 2016 (which I've never bottles), very fruity and fresh.
Region: Vittoria, Sicily, Italy
Soil: red soil, medium consistency; formed of subalpine sands of Pliocene origin, of limestone - siliceous nature is interwoven with compact layers of fresh clay and calcareous tufa
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Grapes: 60% Nero d'Avola, 40% Frappato
Harvest: manual harvest on mid-September
Fermentation: spontaneous co-fermentation
Maceration: 12 days on the skins, destemmed
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Bottles: 480 bottles of 0,75l
Alcohol: 12.5% vol.
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