James Suckling awards’ update: Fattoria Ambra and Masseria del Feudo‘s wines recently received high ratings
Carmignano Riserva Montalbiolo
2018
Soil: Clayey schists and sandstone
Grapes: 70% Sangiovese, 20% Canaiolo Nero, 10% Uva Francesca (Cabernet)
Pruning system: Guyot
Winemaking: Maceration with the skins for 20-25 days with temperature control (délestage and pumping over of the must). Malolactic fermentation. Two years in wood. The first year in French oak tonneaux (capacity 3.5 and 5 hectolitres) and the second year in Slavonian oak casks (capacity 25 hectolitres).
Finishing in the bottle for 1 year.
Carmignano Riserva Elzana
2018
Vineyards: Elzana (150 mt a.s.l)
Soil: Clayey schists and sandstone
Grapes: 90% Sangiovese, 10% Uva Francesca (Cabernet)
Pruning system: Guyot
Winemaking: Maceration with the skins for 20-25 days with temperature control (délestage and pumping over of the must). Malolactic fermentation.
Two years in wood. The first year in French oak tonneaux (capacity 3.5 and 5 hectolitres) and the second year in Slavonian oak casks (capacity 25 hectolitres).
Finishing in the bottle for 1 year.
Nero d’ Avola Sicilia
Cotì
2021
Vineyards: Vigna giovane Nero d’Avola 480 mt a.s.l.
Soil: medium texture and average clay
Pruning system: Guyot
Grapes: Nero d’avola 100% manual harvest
Winemaking: Destalking, soft pressure, cold maceration, static sedimentation, fermentation through indigenous yeasts in stainless vats.
Colour
Pale powder pink
Nose
Typical hints of cherry, strawberry and raspberry
Taste
Fresh and fruity, pleasant minerality and easy to be paired with many foods.
Nero d’ Avola Sicilia
Rosso delle Rose
2020
Vineyards: Vigna delle Rose 480 mt a.s.l.
Soil: medium texture and average clay
Pruning system: guyot
Grape: Nero d’Avola 100% manual harvest
Winemaking: Destalking, maceration and fermentation through indigenous yeasts in stainless vats for 20 days at 24°C, racking, refining 12 months in casks and 6 months in bottle.
Colour
Intense ruby red colour.
Smell
Characterised by complex and intriguing aroma: ripe black fruit, liquorice, spices, tobacco.
Taste
Smooth, round, lingering, with a typical acidity which makes it dynamic and sapid. Aftertaste with coffee and chocolate hints, typical of this noble variety, symbol of Sicilian wine world.
Syrah Sicilia
2021
Vineyards: Vigna delle Rose 480 mt a.s.l.
Soil: medium texture and average clay
Pruning system: spurred cordon
Grape: Syrah 100% manual harvest
Winemaking: Destalking, maceration and fermentation through indigenous yeasts in stainless vats for 14 days at 24°C, racking, short refining in concrete vats and in bottle.
Colour
Intense ruby red colour with purple gradation.
Smell
Intense aroma of ripe red fruit, menthol, sweet spices which give it complexity.
Taste
The taste opens slowly, velvet, round, rich and well-balanced. It’s a wine sapid, bodied and pleasant to drink as well.
All these wines are organic