COS Terre Siciliane I.G.P. Phitos Rosso 2015

Description

Area of production: Bastonca, Vittoria (RG), South-East of Sicily.
Grapes variety: Frappato di Vittoria 40%, Nero d’Avola 60%.
Agriculture: Organic.
Altitude: 230 Meters a.s.l.
Soil: red soil, medium consistency; formed of subalpine sands of Pliocene origin, of limestone – siliceous nature.
Training system: Guyout.
Planting density: 5.000 vines/hectare.
Average age of vines in production: 25 years.
Harvest period: end of September, first days of October.
Fermentation: spontaneous in terracotta amphorae, on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
Aging: amphora and bottle.