HIGH CAVES
Grotte Alte is a place: the limestone ridges on which Vittoria stands. But it is also a wine, my Cerasuolo di Vittoria, made from Frappato and Nero d'Avola grapes. It is a Mediterranean wine that preserves the sapidity of the sea and all the air and temperature ranges of the Iblei mountains. It is harmonious and has known a long aging. Perhaps it is the most ambitious of my wines.
CLASSIFICATION
Classic Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
VARIETY
Nero d'Avola 50% Frappato di Vittoria 50%
ALTITUDE
280m above sea level
GROUND
Medium consistency. It comes from brown sands and sub-Apennine rock of a calcareous nature
AGRICULTURE
Biodynamics, organic certification, no chemical interventions
TRAINING SYSTEM
Guyot and sapling
AVERAGE AGE OF PLANTS
40 years
PLANT DENSITY
6,000 plants per hectare
TIME OF HARVEST
First ten days of October
FERMENTATION
In cement tanks with indigenous yeasts,
30 days maceration on the skins
30 days maceration on the skins
REFINEMENT
48 months in 50HL French oak barrels,
4 months in the bottle
4 months in the bottle
