Planeta La Segreta Il Bianco 2024

Description

La Segreta takes its name from the wood that surrounds our vineyard at Ulmo. A wine that has always been produced exclusively from the vineyards owned by the Planeta family for centuries, cultivated with passion and according to the criteria of sustainability and organic farming. Initially graphically linked to an ancient 18th-century map, descriptive of places, to underline an ancient presence and deep roots, today it presents itself in a totally new and refined guise. For this, we were inspired by the theme of Sicilian nature - inside and outside the bottle - drawing on the work of an illustrious Sicilian, Giuseppe Riggio, who in the late 18th and early 19th century created, with the help of a painter, a 'erbario picto' (herbarium picto) representing Sicilian flora with great precision and poetry. The new label offers an alphabet of herbs, flowers and roots, an expression of a hidden and powerful beauty that reveals itself only to those who know how to admire it. An olfactory and gustatory richness that is fully manifested in these wines.

Details

Perfume

Nose aromas of white peach, not too ripe apricot, Sicilian citrus, white melon, tropical fruits, chestnut honey, freshly cut hay. Fresh acidity and excellent persistence, thanks to a slender and balanced structure.

Color

Light yellow colour with beautiful sea-green hues.

Taste

On the palate, fruit sensations and salinity return, together with a pleasant freshness.

Serve at:

10 - 12 °C.

Longevity:

03 - 05 years

Producer

Producer

Planeta

From this winery

• Start up year: 1995
• Oenologist: Alessio Planeta
• Bottles produced: 2.500.000
• Hectares: 371

To say Planeta is to say the best Sicilian wine reality. Closely linked to the place where it is located, the Cantina Planeta offers a series of labels of great territorial adherence, truly unique: La Baronia in Capo Milazzo, Dispensa in Menfi, Buonivini at Noto, Feudo di Mezzo on the Mount Etna in Castiglione di Sicilia and Ulmo in Sambuca di Sicilia. These are the places where the Cantine Planeta wineries are located, whose history has been handed down since the XVI century, by no less than 17 generations. It is a project that always keeps its gaze fixed on the past, but immersed in the present with a focus on the future. This is manifested both through the link with the ancient Sicilian winemaking tradition symbolised by indigenous varieties such as: Carricante, Frappato, Grecanico, Nerello mascalese, Moscato di Noto and Nero d'Avola, and by international varieties such as Merlot, Chardonnay and Syrah. Xtrawine offers you a wide range of Planeta wines that have received major awards from AIS, from the best vintages of 2016 and 2017. All the Planeta wines featured on Xtrawine are characterised by intense fruity and floral aromas and a strong flavour. Read more

Sicily

Technical Sheet

Name	Planeta La Segreta Il Bianco 2024
Type	White organic still
Denomination	Sicilia DOC
Vintage	2024
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	12.5% by volume
Grape varieties	50% Grecanico Dorato, 30% Chardonnay, 10% Fiano, 10% Viognier
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Vendor	Planeta
Climate	Altitude: Dispensa 45-75 metres a.s.l.; Gurra 75 metres a.s.l.; Gurra 210 metres a.s.l.
Soil composition	At Dispensa medium deep, scarce skeleton almost absent, medium limestone, medium fertility; at Gurra calcareous and very clayey; at Ulmo medium-textured soil, medium deep to deep with an abundant skeleton consisting of pebbles, weakly calcareous, with fractions of dark soils and vegetation.
Cultivation system	Espalier with spurred cordon and Guyot pruning system.
Plants per hectare	4500-5050
Yield per hectare	Dispensa 90 quintals; Gurra 80 quintals; Ulmo 100 quintals.
Harvest	20 August - 30 September.
Fermentation temperature	15 6 °C
Fermentation	10 2 days.
Wine making	The grapes were harvested and placed in small carts, then refrigerated at around 16 7 °C. Once in the cellar, the grapes were destemmed and crushed, then sent to a soft press. The must obtained remained at around 8-9 °C in static decantation for 36 hours, after which the clear part was decanted and fermented at around 15 6 °C for 10/12 days. At the end of fermentation in 210/264/600 hl stainless steel tanks, after about 7 days, the wine was decanted, leaving it on the finer lees with weekly agitation to favour the fixation of the aromas and the increase in the volume of flavour; it was finally blended and bottled.
Aging	In stainless steel.
Total acidity	5.85 gr/L
PH	3.32
Allergens	Contains sulphites