Duca di Salaparuta
Autentici Frappato 2024
| Denomination | DOC Sicilia Frappato |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.0% by volume |
| Area | Sicily (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Frappato |
| Aging | After racking, malolactic fermentation follows. e wine then ages in tanks for at least 3 months and rests in the bottle for one month before release. |
Tasting notes
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
14 -16 °C
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1824
- Oenologist: Team di tecnici
- Bottles produced: 9.500.000
- Hectares: 150
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. Read more
| Name | Duca Salaparuta Autentici Frappato 2024 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Sicilia DOC |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Frappato |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Vendor | Duca di Salaparuta |
| Harvest | From the rst week of September to the fourth week of September. |
| Wine making | After the grapes arrive at the winery, the bunches are destemmed and transferred to fermentation tanks, where alcoholic fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature in contact with the skins for about 15 days. |
| Aging | After racking, malolactic fermentation follows. e wine then ages in tanks for at least 3 months and rests in the bottle for one month before release. |
| Total acidity | 5.8 gr/L |
| PH | 3.48 |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |