Caleo
From Tuscany to Sicily going through Abruzzo and Puglia: this is Caleo. A journey in Central and Southern Italy, to explore the different landscapes from East to West, seizing the uniqueness and diversity of each area. Each wine of this line is made from native grapes that express, in the bottle, all the terroir of the places of origin.
Nero d’Avola Sicilia DOC
- GRAPES: Nero d’Avola
- APPELLATION SICILIA DOC
- PRODUCTION AREA: Sicily
- CLIMATE: Sicily, the "land of the sun”, has a Mediterranean climate along the coasts. In the inland areas instead the climate becomes slightly more continental at hilly levels, with moderately cold winters and hot summers.
- HARVEST: Mid September
- STORAGE TIME: 3/4 years
- BOTTLE SIZE: 750 ml
- SERVING. TEMP.: 18/20 °C
- ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13% Vol
- Intense red colour
- The bouquet is slightly spicy and fruity with notes of blackberries, blueberries and mulberries
- The finish is rounded and fruity with well integrated tannins
- Great wine for roasted or grilled meats. Excellent with grilled meats game and hard cheeses
VINIFICATION:
The harvested and destemmed grapes have been vinified with 7/8 days of maceration in order to extract colour and structure. The alcoholic and malolactic fermentation are made in steel tanks at a controlled temperature 25/27 °C.