Planeta
Nero d'Avola Plumbago 2021
Other years:
2023| Denomination | DOC Menfi Nero d'Avola |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Area | Sicily (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nero d'Avola |
| Aging | In barriques and tonneaux of third and fourth passages. |
| Other years | 2023 |
Description
Still red wine from Sicily, 13.5% ABV, produced by Planeta. Nero d'Avola Plumbago, 2021 vintage. A wine that celebrates Nero d'Avola, Sicily's iconic grape variety. Plumbago, dominated by the aromas of ripe plums and wild blackberries, displays pleasantly complex aromatic notes of incense, jasmine, and black truffle. The tannin texture is varied, combining soft, sweet, and seductive aspects, like a Sacher torte, with the harder, more direct, and austere aspects of a bar of Modica chocolate.
Awards
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2021
3Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.
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2021
93/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
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2021
2One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.
Tasting notes
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1995
- Oenologist: Alessio Planeta
- Bottles produced: 2.500.000
- Hectares: 371
Xtrawine offers a selection of Planeta wines awarded by AIS, representing high‑quality vintages such as 2016 and 2017. These wines showcase the richness of Sicilian terroirs through intense, harmonious aromas with fruity and floral notes, and a defined, balanced and deeply distinctive palate. Read more
| Name | Planeta Nero d'Avola Plumbago 2021 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red green still |
| Denomination | Menfi DOC |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nero d'Avola |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Vendor | Planeta |
| Origin | Menfi (Agrigento). |
| Climate | Altitude: Ulmo, at 195 m. a.s.l. Dispensa, at 75 m. a.s.l. |
| Soil composition | The two vines grow on soils of average texture, moderately deep to deep with abundant pebbles, slightly limey and with sections of dark organic matter. |
| Cultivation system | Spurred cordon. |
| Plants per hectare | Ulmo: 3,800 vines per hectare; Dispensa: 4,500 vines per hectare. |
| Yield per hectare | Ulmo: 9,000 kg/hectare. Dispensa: 7,500 kg/hectare. |
| Harvest | 10th 5th September. |
| Fermentation temperature | 25 °C |
| Wine making | After destemming and crushing, the grapes ferment in stainless steel vats and remain on the skins for 14 days at 25⁰C with repeated pump-overs followed by a final period of racking by soft pressing. The wine thus obtained undergoes malolactic fermentation in stainless steel, and in January it is transferred to wooden barrels for 10 months. |
| Aging | In barriques and tonneaux of third and fourth passages. |
| Total acidity | 6.05 gr/L |
| PH | 3.43 |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |