Chardonnay Carricante Valcanzjria 2024

Description

Organic still white wine, Terre Siciliane IGT, 12.5% ABV, produced by Gulfi. Blend: 60% Chardonnay, 40% Carricante, 0.75L bottle, 2023 vintage. A wine that combines the freshness of Chardonnay with the minerality of Carricante, a tribute to Sicily and its viticulture. In 1996, Vito Catania, an entrepreneur originally from Chiaramonte Gulfi, decided to revitalize his family's winemaking tradition. Fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks. Aged in stainless steel on its own lees and from the spring following the harvest, for several months in bottle. Intense, rich, ample, fruity with hints of apple and exotic fruit. Straw yellow in color with green reflections. Dry, harmonious, with just the right amount of acidity, with an aftertaste of anise and almond, a wine that best expresses the Sicilian terroir.

Details

Perfume

Strong, rich, broad, fruity with hints of apple and exotic fruits.

Color

Pale straw with green hues.

Taste

Dry harmonic, right amount of acidity, with a finish of anise and almond.

Serve at:

12 - 14 °C.

Longevity:

03 - 05 years

Producer

Producer

Gulfi

From this winery

• Start up year: 1996
• Oenologist: Salvo Foti
• Bottles produced: 220.000
• Hectares: 40

In 1996 Catania, Vito a businessman originally from Chiaramonte Gulfi, decided to give new impetus to the tradition of wine-growing family. Spurred by a passion for wine, Vito Catania started in collaboration with Salvo Foti a brave project for Sicilian viticulture: to give life to a selection of great wines from Nero d'Avola choosing the most suitable land traditional area of ??the Val di Noto. This is how the Nero d'Avola durable and harmonious, refined and complex, able to speak the same language of the great classics of world enology and to express the purity of accent with the Sicilian. Gulfi now includes more than 70 hectares of vineyard certified organic, all property, in addition to producing great wines and of Nero d'Avola Carricante expression of two whites, indigenous variety of strong personalities, a fascinating Cerasuolo DOCG vineyard and a red centenary on the slopes of Etna. Read more

Sicily

Technical Sheet

Name	Gulfi Chardonnay Carricante Valcanzjria 2024
Type	White organic still
Denomination	Terre Siciliane IGT
Vintage	2024
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.5% by volume
Grape varieties	60% Chardonnay, 40% Carricante
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Vendor	Gulfi
Origin	Chiaramonte Gulfi (RG)
Climate	Temperate mediterranean. Altitude: 400 m. a.s.l.
Soil composition	The soil is calcareous and moderately clayish.
Plants per hectare	8,000
Yield per hectare	8,000kg/h.
Wine making	Grapes are harvested in the end of August for Chardonnay and mid-September for Carricante. Fermented in stainless steel at controlled temperature.
Aging	Natural yeasts, stainless steel. In bottles for a few months from the following Spring after the harvest.
Allergens	Contains sulphites