DONNATÀ | NERO D’AVOLA

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.

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

AdC_donnata_glifo@2x

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.

AdC_olfatto@2x is an aromatic and distinct wine, where fragrant and wholesome notes of blackberry, cherry, Mediterranean shrubs, nutmeg and chocolate vie with each other.

AdC_palato@2x 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)