Cerasuolo Grotte Alte
- Red
- 50% Frappato, 50% Nero d`Avola
Winemaking Information
The grapes macerate for 30 days and ferment off their indigenous yeasts. The wine ages 32 months in large 25HL Slavonian oak barrels, then an additional four months in bottle before release. Minimal sulphur is added before fermentation and at bottling. Occasionally the wine needs an extra addition after racking.
SO2: During winemaking, at bottling
Fining/Filtration: Unfined/Unfiltered
Vineyard Information
Appellation: Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
Soil Composition: Sand, Chalk
Farming: Organic (certified)
Fun Facts: Grotte Alte is a territory: the limestone ridges on which Vittoria, my hometown stands. But it is also a wine, my Cerasuolo Di Vittoria, the result of Frappato and Nero d’Avola grapes, the summary of my Sicily. It is a mediterranean wine that preserves the taste of the sea and all the air and the Iblei Mountains thermal excursions. It is harmonious and it has experienced a long aging. Perhaps it is the most ambitious of my wines. Elegant and proud.
Thanks to importer Louis/Dressner for details above