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Duca di Salaparuta Passo delle Mule Nero d'Avola 2022

Red green still

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Denomination Sicilia DOC
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Area Sicily (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Nero d'Avola
Aging A wise ageing blend, 'Passo delle Mule' is the result of a combination of wines that spend at least 10 months in very fine-grained oak wood and reds mellowed in vitrified concrete vats. After bottling, it ages 6 - 8 months in the cellar at a controlled temperature of 15-16°C to develop the bouquet.
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Awards

  • 2022

    91

    /100

    James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.

  • 2022

    2

    One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.

  • 2022

    90

    /100

    Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.

  • 2022

    3

    Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide

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Perfume

Perfume

Enveloping, fruity marasca cherry and raspberry, complex with pleasantly balanced spices and vanilla.

Color

Color

Deep ruby red.

Taste

Taste

Rich, broad and velvety, with great structure and aromatic persistence, and typical robust but gentle tannins.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Producer
Duca di Salaparuta
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1824
  • Oenologist: Team di tecnici
  • Bottles produced: 9.500.000
  • Hectares: 150
The estate is located in Riesi, in the centre of Sicily, a few kilometres from the sea, on an gentle hillside well exposed to the winds, where summers are very hot and winters mild and brief.

In this part of the island for centuries the Nero d'Avola, the prince of the Sicilian vines, which in the area of Riesi, thanks to special conditions pedoclimatic, has found an ideal habitat.

The vineyards, currently about 127 hectares, are located on soils with a composition of silicaocalcarea that allows the roots to penetrate deeply finding water, rare and precious in this part of Sicily in summer.

Here are born some of the great Duca di Salaparuta wines, each with its own personality. different thanks to the fact that the grapes from which they are born are harvested in different areas. of the estate. the particular exposure to the sun and wind of the vineyards and the nature characteristic of the various areas of the soil, in fact, guarantee different fruits to a few yards apart.

Duca Entico 2017 received a special award as Best Wine from Nero d'Avola grapes from Doctor Wine - Essential Guide to the Wines of Italy 2022 with 96 points out of 100.
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Excellent with red meat dishes and with medium-aged cheeses.

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Name Duca di Salaparuta Passo delle Mule Nero d'Avola 2022
Type Red green still
Denomination Sicilia DOC
Vintage 2022
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Nero d'Avola
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Vendor Duca di Salaparuta
Origin Central and southern Sicily. Vineyard 'Passo delle Mule', Sour Marchesa Estate, Town of Butera (Caltanissetta)
Climate Altitude: 290-340 m. a.s.l. Mild winters with cool springs, hot and very dry summers and autumns.
Soil composition Mixed composition, calcareous-siliceous.
Cultivation system Espalier
Plants per hectare 5,290
Harvest By hand, at perfect ripeness after mid-September.
Wine making Destemming and traditional maceration for 8 days at 28-30°C.
Aging A wise ageing blend, 'Passo delle Mule' is the result of a combination of wines that spend at least 10 months in very fine-grained oak wood and reds mellowed in vitrified concrete vats. After bottling, it ages 6 - 8 months in the cellar at a controlled temperature of 15 6°C to develop the bouquet.
Allergens Contains sulphites