RED WINE
Jacques
- Wine type: Terre Siciliane IGT
- Grape variety: 100% Syrah
- Alcohol: 13,5
- Production area: Contrada Confessionale
- Soil: Sabbioso
- Altitude: 500/600 m above sea level
- Training system: Espalier with Guyot pruning
- Planting density: 4000 plants per hectare
- Yield per hectare: 70 q
- Harvest: 1st decade of September
- Wine-making: Destalking of the grapes, fermentation with selected yeasts and maceration with skins
- Ageing: Four months in French oak barriques
- Bottle ageing: Approximately six months
TASTING NOTES
- Colour: Ruby red with violet hues
- Nose: Hints of cherry, red fruit, plum and a soft spicy note.
- Palate: Velvety, round with soft tannins
- Food pairings: Excellent with red meat, grilled meats and aged cheese
- Serving temperature: 14°/16° c°
RED WINE
Jacques
- Wine type: Terre Siciliane IGT
- Grape variety: 100% Perricone
- Alcohol: 13
- Production area: West Sicily
- Soil: Clay
- Altitude: 500/600 m above sea level
- Training system: Espalier with Guyot pruning
- Planting density: 3800 plants per hectare
- Yield per hectare: 65 q
- Harvest: end of September
- Wine-making: Destalking of the grapes, fermentation with selected yeasts and maceration with skins
- Ageing: Four months in French oak barriques
- Bottle ageing: Approximately six months
TASTING NOTES
- Colour: Ruby red
- Nose: Hints of red fruit and spicy notes of juniper
- Palate: Good structure and acidity, silky tannin, persistent finish
- Food pairings: Excellent with red meat, grilled meats and aged cheese
- Serving temperature: 16° c°
WHITE WINE
Bèa
- Wine type: Terre Siciliane IGT
- Grape variety: 100% Catarratto
- Alcohol: 12,5
- Production area: Contrada Macellarotto
- Soil: Sandy/clayey
- Altitude: 400/500 m above sea level
- Training system: Espalier with Guyot pruning
- Planting density: 4200 plants per hectare
- Yield per hectare: 85 q
- Harvest: 2nd decade of September
- Vinification: Soft pressing and fermentation at a temperature of around 14°
- Ageing: three months in steel tanks on the lees
- Ageing in bottle: about two months
TASTING NOTES
- Colour: Pale yellow with greenish hues
- Nose: Wide and intense, rich in hints of ripe fruit with floral and mineral notes
- Palate: Very fresh, well balanced with elegant finish, persistent
- Pairings: Excellent with fried shellfish, fish first courses and white meats
- Serving temperature: 6° / 8°
WHITE WINE
Ohana
- Wine type: Doc. Sicily
- Grape variety: 100% Grillo
- Alcohol: 13,5
- Production area: Western Sicily
- Soil: Sandy / Clayey
- Altitude: 400 m above sea level
- Training system: Espalier with Guyot pruning
- Planting density: 4000 plants per hectare
- Yield per hectare: 80 q
- Harvest: 1st week of September
- Vinification: Soft pressing and fermentation for 12 hours on the lees
- Ageing: six months in steel tanks
- Bottle ageing: about two months
TASTING NOTES
- Colour: Pale yellow
- Nose: Distinctly tropical bouquet, with citrus notes and white flowers
- Palate: Intense, well-balanced and persistent with its dry and slightly tannic taste
- Pairing: Excellent with fried shellfish and fish-based first courses
- Serving temperature: 10°/12° c°