Pirrera Rosso
- Red
- 90% Nerello Mascalese, 10% local varieties (field blend)
Winemaking Information
The juice is fermented spontaneously with some whole clusters and macerates with the skins for 15 days in cement tank without temperature control. The wine is aged 16 months in 750L Slavonian oak botti. Based on the sanitary state of the harvest, one to two grams of S02 per hectoliter will be added on the grapes with an additional one to two grams at bottling.
SO2: Vintage dependent, at bottling
Fining/Filtration: Unfined/Unfiltered
Vineyard Information
Appellation: Terre Siciliane IGT
Soil Composition: Volcanic, Sand
Farming: Organic (not certified)
Fun Facts: Pirrera comes from a single contrada located at 850 meters in altitude. The name of the vineyard, Pirrera, stems from the presence of volcanic stones which were extracted from a quarry during a lava flow in 1614. The vineyard had been largely abandoned and is slowly being restored by Eduardo.
Thanks to importer Louis/Dressner for details above