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Gradiva
Classification:
Sicilia DOP
Grape variety:
Nero d’Avola 100%
Production area:
Castello Federiciano – River Gela
The grapes of this Nero D’Avola grow in the Plain of Gela, at the feet of the Frederick II Castle. A place where the land is very fertile and is nurtured by the sapid breeze of the lake, offering small full-bodied grapes from which Gradiva is made.
Of a pleasant ruby red colour with garnet reflections, intense to the nose with preponderance of floral and fruit nuances and spiced nuances from black pepper, cinnamon and vanilla. A red which celebrates a light pace, a firm but delicate treading in time, secret ingredient of good wine.
- Type of soil:
Medium-tending to compact soil - Cultivation system:
Espalier / Guyot cordon spur pruning - Planting density:
4000-5000 plants per hectare - Yield grape/HA:
65 quintals - Harvesting period:
Second ten days of September
- Harvesting technique:
Manual - Vinification:
Destemming of the grapes, fermentation with maceration on the skins - Fermentation temperature:
25°C - Fermentation period:
8 days - Maceration on the skins:
15-20 days
- Malolatic fermenation:
Completely carried out after alcoholic fermentation - Ageing:
12 months in barriques and French oak tonneaux - Refinement in bottle:
6 months - Alcohol content:
13,5-14,5% Vol.