COS Contrada Nero d'Avola 2019

2019 Contrada Nero d'Avola
COS
Vittoria, Sicily

$43.99
$41.99 on 6+ bottles (code: 6saves2)

Area of production: Bastonaca, Vittoria (RG), South-East of Sicily.
Grape variety: Nero d’Avola 100%.
Agriculture: Organic.
Altitude: 230 Meters a.s.l.
Soil: red soil, medium consistency; formed of sub-apennine sands of Pliocene origin, of limestone-siliceous nature, interwoven with compact layers of fresh clay and siliceous sand.
Training system: head training.
Planting density: 8.000 vines/hectare.
Average age of vines in production: 50 years.
Harvest period: end of September, first days of October.
Fermentation: spontaneous on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
Aging: Slavonian barrels and bottle.