
Perfume

Color

Taste
Serve at:
14 -16 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 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 Calanica Frappato 2022 |
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Type | Red green still |
Denomination | Sicilia DOC |
Vintage | 2022 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
Grape varieties | 100% Frappato |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Vendor | Duca di Salaparuta |
Origin | Central and Southern Sicily. |
Climate | Altitude: above 200 m. a.s.l. Mild winters with hot and dry springs and summers. |
Soil composition | Mixed composition, mostly siliceous-clayey. |
Cultivation system | Espalier. |
Plants per hectare | 4,500 kg/hectare. |
Harvest | By hand, from the second half of September. |
Wine making | Cryomaceration promotes aromatic and colour extraction, followed by long fermentation at a controlled temperature. |
Aging | In stainless steel for more than 2 months at a controlled temperature. After bottling, it spends a month in a temperature-controlled cellar in the bottle to develop the bouquet. |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |