Mandrarossa Terre di Sommacco Nero d'Avola 2022
Mandrarossa Terre di Sommacco Nero d'Avola
Region: Sicily, Italy
Vintage: 2022
Bottle size: 75cl
Grape: Nero d'Avola
ABV: 13.5%
This wine is ruby-red in colour with purple hues. On the nose, it has intense aromas of red cherry, blackberry and violet with hints of spices. On the palate it is vibrant, soft and rounded, with delicate tannins and a refreshing acidity.
This wine comes from two vineyards with a combined size of 1.5 hectares. The two sites are located in Contrada Miccina, in the comune of Contessa Entellina. The vines are 20 years old, and grow on south-west facing hills at 310 metres above sea level. Soils are calcareous, and it was for these chalky soils that the vineyard sites were selected after a long period of study on the area. Vines are Guyot trained and planted at a density of 4,000 plants per hectare
Grapes were hand harvested and fermented in temperature-controlled cement tulip tanks for six - eight days at 22-25°C. Ageing took place in stainless steel and concrete tulipe for around eight months, after which the wine was racked off into large French oak casks for a further 19 months of ageing. The wine remained for roughly eight months in bottle prior to release.
The Mandrarossa wines come from a selection of the best sites from Cantine Settesoli’s 6,000 hectares of vineyard, situated in southwestern Sicily and planted with 32 different grape varieties. The vineyards are split between the 2,000 members of the co-op, and cover the area around Selinunte, the hauntingly beautiful ruins of a Greek town founded 2,600 years ago. Cantine Settesoli helps to support the restoration of this archaeological site.
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