AGATE
FRAPPATO wine
IGP Sicilian lands It is a wine with a ruby red color, light and fragrant. Fresh on the nose with hints of small red fruits and delicate floral notes. With a lively and full taste, characterized by a pungent freshness and pleasant sapidity.
It was Sicily and its Greeks who gave the agate a name. The hard stone that shines in concentric layers of color is related to the Acates River. There it was discovered, keeping its name forever, while the river changed it several times, finally calling itself Dirillo. For a long time it was believed that agate ground and drunk with wine healed wounds. Agate comes from frappato grapes, bunches that are already beautiful to look at and that give the wine, pleasantly tannic, a red color that fades into purple, with hints of red fruits and a characteristic freshness.
Data sheet
Origin
Hills around Licodia Eubea, in the extreme south-eastern edge of Sicily
Vineyards
Faces to the east, in the valley of the Dirillo river
Grape variety
Frappato
Training system
Espalier with simple Guyot
Harvest
First week of October
Vinification
Fermentation in steel tanks at 26 ° and short cold pre-fermentation maceration
Alcohol content
13 / 13.5% vol
Color
Light ruby red
Aroma
Fresh on the nose with hints of small red fruits and delicate floral notes
Taste
lively and full, characterized by a pungent freshness and pleasant sapidity
Aging potential
4/6 years
Serving temperature
15/18 ° C
Minimum purchase of 36 bottles.
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