Duca di Salaparuta
Passo delle Mule Nero d'Avola 2024
Other years:
2022| Denomination | DOC Sicilia Nero d'Avola |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
| Area | Sicily (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nero d'Avola |
| Aging | A wise ageing blend, 'Passo delle Mule' is the result of a combination of wines that spend at least 10 months in very fine-grained oak wood and reds mellowed in vitrified concrete vats. After bottling, it ages 6 - 8 months in the cellar at a controlled temperature of 15-16°C to develop the bouquet. |
| Other years | 2022 |
Tasting notes
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °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 di Salaparuta Passo delle Mule Nero d'Avola 2024 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red green still |
| Denomination | Sicilia DOC |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nero d'Avola |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Vendor | Duca di Salaparuta |
| Origin | Central and southern Sicily. Vineyard 'Passo delle Mule', Sour Marchesa Estate, Town of Butera (Caltanissetta) |
| Climate | Altitude: 290-340 m. a.s.l. Mild winters with cool springs, hot and very dry summers and autumns. |
| Soil composition | Mixed composition, calcareous-siliceous. |
| Cultivation system | Espalier |
| Plants per hectare | 5,290 |
| Harvest | By hand, at perfect ripeness after mid-September. |
| Wine making | Destemming and traditional maceration for 8 days at 28-30°C. |
| Aging | A wise ageing blend, 'Passo delle Mule' is the result of a combination of wines that spend at least 10 months in very fine-grained oak wood and reds mellowed in vitrified concrete vats. After bottling, it ages 6 - 8 months in the cellar at a controlled temperature of 15 6°C to develop the bouquet. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |