Santagostino Baglio Soria Syrah Nero D'Avola Magnum 2018

Description

Still red wine from Sicily, produced by Firriato, a company founded in 1984. 1.50 l magnum format, 2018 vintage. A blend of Nero d'Avola and Syrah that best expresses the character of the Sicilian terroir. The grapes come from the Baglio Sorìa estate, in the Trapani countryside. Manual harvest. Nero d'Avola second ten days of September, Syrah first ten days of September. Aged for 8 months in American oak barriques. It presents concentrated and well-defined nuances of morello cherry, berries, rhubarb, cloves, aromatic herbs, and plum, which alternate and intersect with captivating hints of licorice, ink, and tobacco leaves. Dense and deep ruby red with lively violet highlights. Gentle, soft and caressing, it displays its great personality with a strong Mediterranean imprint, combining with admirable harmony a powerful and exuberant texture, extraordinary gustatory vivacity, velvety tannins of rare nobility.

Details

Perfume

It shows concentrated and well-defined nuances of morello cherry, berries, rhubarb, clove, herbs and plum, which alternate and intersect with fascinating hints of liquorice, ink and tobacco leaves.

Color

Dense, deep ruby with vivid violet traces.

Taste

Soave, soft and caressing, it displays its great personality with a strongly Mediterranean imprint, combining with admirable harmony a powerful and exuberant texture, extraordinary brio of flavour, velvety tannins and rare nobility.

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 Nero D'Avola Magnum 2018
Type	Red still
Denomination	Sicilia DOC
Vintage	2018
Size	1,50 l
Alcohol content	14.0% by volume
Grape varieties	Nero d'Avola, Syrah
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Vendor	Firriato
Origin	Agro di Trapani - Baglio Sorìa estate
Climate	Altitude: 200 m. a.s.l. Exposure: South, South/West.
Soil composition	Clayey limestone.
Cultivation system	Espalier with spurred cordon/Guyot pruning.
Plants per hectare	5500/6000
Yield per hectare	7000/7300
Harvest	Manual harvesting. Nero d'Avola II decade of September, Syrah I decade of September.
Fermentation temperature	24-26 °C
Fermentation	10 days.
Wine making	Traditional red wine in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Malolactic fermentation: carried out.
Aging	8 months in American oak barrels.
Total acidity	6.0 gr/L
PH	3.57
Allergens	Contains sulphites