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.
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.
red – DOC Sicilia- BIO
100% Nero d’Avola
16°C
medium slightly paunchy glass
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.
Donnatà 2020
Donnatà 2019
Donnatà 2018
Donnatà 2017
Donnatà 2016
Donnatà 2015
Donnatà 2014
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)