Description
Controdanza, from “country dance”, is a traditional rural dance where partners move gracefully together and then oppose each other. Thus, this wine imagined an association of Nero d’Avola and a small amount of Merlot, both cultivated in Noto’s white soil. An unconventional combination, balanced between harmony and contrast.
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Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour

- Start up year: 1995
- Oenologist: Alessio Planeta
- Bottles produced: 2.600.000
- Hectares: 395


Name | Planeta Controdanza 2020 |
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Type | Red green still |
Denomination | Noto DOC |
Vintage | 2020 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
Grape varieties | 85% Nero d'Avola, 15% Merlot |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sicily |
Vendor | Planeta |
Origin | Village of Buonivini, Town of Noto (Siracusa). |
Climate | Altitude: 40-70 m. a.s.l. |
Soil composition | Very limey soil, abundant stones of small size; fine texture with pale coloured chalky sections. |
Cultivation system | Spurred cordon. |
Plants per hectare | 5,000. |
Yield per hectare | 8,500 kg/hectare for Nero d’Avola, 7,600 kg/hectare for Merlot. |
Harvest | Between the 15th and 20th of September for Nero d’Avola, and the 10th of September for Merlot. |
Fermentation temperature | 25 ⁰C |
Wine making | Grapes are destemmed and crushed followed by 14 days lying on the skins. The fermentation takes place at 25°C followed by racking and malolactic fermentation in stainless steel. |
Aging | 10 months in Allier oak barriques of second and third passage. |
Total acidity | 5.7 gr/L |
PH | 3.45 |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |