Firriato Santagostino Baglio Soria Syrah e Nero D'Avola Magnum 2016

Description

The Baglio Sorìa Estate is home to one of Firriato’s oenological treasures—a quintessentially Sicilian red that has seduced wine lovers the world over with its pleasing complexity and its perfect balance between freshness and alcohol content. Rich in fruitiness and elegance it is a pioneering Sicilian blend of international and native grape varieties. The terroir in which it grows, its proximity to the coast, and the prevalence of clay and red marl in its soil contribute to creating climate and soil conditions that are unique in the agricultural setting of western Sicily. Santagostino Baglio Sorìa Rosso is the fruit of this uniqueness, remaining true to itself over more than thirty vintages.

Details

Perfume

It affords concentrated, well-defined nuances of marasca cherries, wild berries, rhubarb, cloves, aromatic herbs and prunes that alternate and blend with charming hints of liquorice, ink and tobacco leaves.

Color

Deep intense ruby red color with lively shades of purple.

Taste

Suave, soft and caressing, it reveals its great and intensely Mediterranean character admirably blending a powerful and hearty texture, an extraordinary vivacity, silky and f ine tannins.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Firriato

From this winery

• Start up year: 1985
• Oenologist: Giovanni Di Giovanna, Paolo Errante
• Bottles produced: 4.000.000
• Hectares: 490

Firriato's strength is that it has been able to interpret, from the very beginning, the ancient Sicilian winemaking tradition in a modern key. Started in 1984 in the Trapani countryside, in Baglio Sorìa, the adventure of Salvatore Gaetano and his wife Vinzia evolved rapidly, taking the company to the top of the island's production quality in just a few years. Today, with more than three decades of experience and their daughter Irene working in the company, the philosophy has not changed and five more have been added to the original estate, creating a unique winemaking heritage with around 470 hectares under vine, no less than 34 labels and a total of 4.5 million bottles produced.

The company, nevertheless, is always projected towards the future and to the enhancement of the territory, in particular, at the moment, it is very focused with its efforts on the Etna area. Read more

Sicily

Technical Sheet

Name	Firriato Santagostino Baglio Soria Syrah e Nero D'Avola Magnum 2016
Type	Red still
Denomination	Terre Siciliane IGT
Vintage	2016
Size	1,50 l
Alcohol content	14.0% by volume
Grape varieties	Nero d'Avola, Syrah
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Vendor	Firriato
Origin	Trapani countryside – Baglio Sorìa Estate
Climate	Altitude: 200 m. a.s.l. Exposure: South, South-West.
Soil composition	Calcareous - clayey.
Cultivation system	Cordon trained, spur pruned / Guyot.
Plants per hectare	5,500-6,000.
Yield per hectare	7,000-7,300 kg/hectare.
Harvest	Hand-picking - Nero d’Avola in the 2nd week of September while Syrah in the 1st one.
Fermentation temperature	24-26 °C
Fermentation	10 days.
Wine making	Vinification is carried out in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature, according to tradi tional red wine vinification method. The malolactic fermentation is carried out.
Aging	8 months in American durmast barriques.6 months in bottle.
Total acidity	6.0 gr/L
PH	3.57
Allergens	Contains sulphites