
Perlage

Perfume

Taste
Serve at:
06 - 08 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years

- Start up year: 1995
- Oenologist: Alessio Planeta
- Bottles produced: 2.600.000
- Hectares: 395


Name | Planeta Spumante Carricante Metodo Classico Brut 2022 |
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Type | White organic classic method sparkling wine brut |
Denomination | VSQ |
Vintage | 2022 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
Grape varieties | 100% Carricante |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Vendor | Planeta |
Origin | Castiglione di Sicilia (Catania) |
Climate | Altitude: 850 m. a.s.l. |
Soil composition | The land has perfect aspect and location, black with lava sands, and for this extraordinarily rich in minerals; surrounded by woods and more recent lava flows. |
Cultivation system | Spurred cordon and Guyot. |
Plants per hectare | 5,000 |
Yield per hectare | 9,000 kg/hectare |
Harvest | 20th of September, the grapes are harvested early into crates to preserve acidity. |
Wine making | The grapes are destalked and undergo soft pressing, the decanted must is racked and inoculated with yeasts, it ferments at 15 ⁰C in stainless steel vats. The wine thus obtained remains on the fine lees with continual stirring until January. |
Aging | At the end of March it is prepared for the ‘tirage’ and is bottled; it remains on the lees for an average of 20 months, at 12 ⁰C, and is then disgorged. |
Total acidity | 6.85 gr/L |
PH | 3.05 |
Residual sugar | 4.5 gr/L |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |