Metodo Classico

From the lower section of the oldest Catarratto vineyard of the estate, the Catarratto Extra Lucido grapes come from, which give life to our Traditional Method Sparkling Wine.

WINE TYPE

traditional method sparkling wine -DOC Siclia- BIO

DOSAGE

extra brut

 
GRAPE VARIETY
100% Catarratto Extra Lucido

 

SERVING TEMPERATURE

6 – 8°C

SUGGESTED GLASS

rounded tulip-shape glass with a wide opening to enhance the flavours

 
 
FOOD PAIRING

it is ideal to sip during the meal, paired with Busiate with prawns and pistachios or with a crunchy fried fish

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A Vintage Extra Brut with a Mediterranean character, with aromas of citrus that evolve into more complex hints, revealing the long rest on the yeasts and integrating into an elegant aromatic texture, enlivened by a very fine and persistent perlage.

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lively and bright straw yellow, with a fine and persistent perlage

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it gives fragrant notes of citrus and candied ginger with slight aromatic hints of sage, which turn on clearer aromas of roasting and toasted notes.

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the full, lively and dynamic sip is striking for its impetuous freshness perfectly balanced by the large structure enriched by long aging on the yeasts. On the finish it reveals pleasant notes of brioche through a long persistence.

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Metodo Classico 2017

  • 88 Points – Wine Enthusiast
  • Foglia d’Oro – Guida Vini Bio

METODO CLASSICO

 

Soil composition | hilly, sandy with medium presence of stones

Altitude | 430 meters above sea level

Age of vines | 1988

Produced area | Contrada Mandranova in the Camporeale countryside

Training system | espalier training with Guyot pruning

No. of vines/hectare | 4.000

Yield/hectare | 6.0 tonnes

Harvest period | first ten days of September

Alcoholic fermentation | 15 days, in steel tanks, at low temperature (14 – 15 °C)

Malolactic fermentation | not carried out

Temperature of refermentation | 16-18 °C

Ageing | in the bottle on the yeasts for 36 months