The young and thriving Nero d’Avola vineyards, planted in 2000 using an espalier training system, are lying on clay soils, rich in limestone and potassium.
DONNATÀ | NERO D’AVOLA
WINE TYPE
red – DOC Sicilia- BIO
GRAPE VARIETY
100% Nero d’Avola
SERVING TEMPERATURE
16°C
SUGGESTED GLASS
medium slightly paunchy glass
BEST WITH
divine with the Palermitan anelletti al forno
(oven-cooked, ring-shaped pasta) or red-finned tuna
Produced from the most important Sicilian red grape, Donnatà has a strong and complex personality, which generously expresses its origins by being a very enjoyable and well-balanced wine.
dark ruby red with lively and bright hues.
is an aromatic and distinct wine, where fragrant and wholesome notes of blackberry, cherry, Mediterranean shrubs, nutmeg and chocolate vie with each other.
intense, lively and with character; Donnatá is soft yet pulsating and extremely pleasant to drink. Harmonious, silky and with enduring determination.
Donnatà 2020
- 91 Points – Falstaff Sizilien Trophy
- 90 Points – Vinous
Donnatà 2019
- Best quality/price ratio – Berebene 2021, Gambero Rosso
- 91 Points – Falstaff Sicilia Trophy
- Red Award – The Wine Hunter Award 2021 Merano Wine Festival
- 4 Stars – Vinibuoni d’Italia 2021 Touring Club Italiano
- 4 Foglie – Guida Vini Bio
Donnatà 2018
- 90 Points – Falstaff Sicilia Trophy
- 1° classified Vini rossi siciliani da Nero d’Avola – Sud top Wine
- Red Award – The Wine Hunter Award 2020 Merano Wine Festival
- 4 Stars – Vinibuoni d’Italia 2020 Touring Club Italiano
Donnatà 2017
- 92 Points – Falstaff Nero d’Avola Trophy
- 91 Points – Vinous
- Red Award – The Wine Hunter Award 2018 Merano Wine Festival
Donnatà 2016
- Best quality/price ratio – Berebene 2018, Gambero Rosso
- 88 Points – Wine Spectator
Donnatà 2015
- Best quality/price ratio – Berebene 2017, Gambero Rosso
- 90Points – Vinous
- 88 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Donnatà 2014
- Best quality/price ratio – Berebene 2016, Gambero Rosso
- Red Award – The Wine Hunter Award 2019 Merano Wine Festival
Soil composition | hilly, clay and sandy
Altitude | 330-350 meters above sea level
Age of vines | 2000, 2006
Production area | Contrada Mandranova and Contrada Torretta in the Camporeale countryside
Training system | espalier training with spurred cordon pruning
No. of vines/hectare | 4.400
Yield/hectare | 8.0 tonnes
Harvest period | second ten days of September with manual harvest and grape selection
Maceration | 12 days in a temperature-controlled environment
Alcoholic fermentation | 7 days in steel tanks (23-26 °C)
Malolactic fermentation | fully carried out in stainless steel tanks with indigenous lactic bacteria
Ageing | 8 months in steel tanks; a little part of the mass remains 8 months in french oak tonneau
Bottle ageing | 10 months at controlled temperature (18 °C)
