La Segreta Il Bianco 2024

Description

Organic still white wine from Sicily, 12.5% ABV, produced by Planeta. Blend: 50% Grecanico Dorato, 30% Chardonnay, 10% Fiano, 10% Viognier. 0.75 L bottle, 2024 vintage. A white born from the passion of the Planeta family, who have been producing excellent wines for 17 generations. The grapes were harvested and placed in small trolleys, then chilled to approximately 16-7°C. The resulting must remained in static decantation at approximately 8-9°C for 36 hours; the clear part was then racked and fermented at approximately 15-6°C for 10-12 days. On the nose, aromas of white peach, unripe apricot, Sicilian citrus, white melon, tropical fruit, chestnut honey, and freshly cut hay. Fresh acidity and excellent persistence, thanks to a lean and balanced structure. Light yellow color with beautiful sea green hues. On the palate, fruity sensations and salinity return, along with a pleasant freshness.

Details

Perfume

On the nose aromas of white peach, not too ripe apricot, Sicilian citrus, white melon, tropical fruits, chestnut honey, freshly cut hay. Fresh acidity and excellent persistence, thanks to a slender and balanced structure.

Color

Light yellow colour with beautiful sea-green hues.

Taste

Fruit sensations and salinity return on the palate, together with a pleasant freshness.

Serve at:

10 - 12 °C.

Longevity:

03 - 05 years

Producer

Producer

Planeta

From this winery

• Start up year: 1995
• Oenologist: Alessio Planeta
• Bottles produced: 2.500.000
• Hectares: 371

To say Planeta is to say the best Sicilian wine reality. Closely linked to the place where it is located, the Cantina Planeta offers a series of labels of great territorial adherence, truly unique: La Baronia in Capo Milazzo, Dispensa in Menfi, Buonivini at Noto, Feudo di Mezzo on the Mount Etna in Castiglione di Sicilia and Ulmo in Sambuca di Sicilia. These are the places where the Cantine Planeta wineries are located, whose history has been handed down since the XVI century, by no less than 17 generations. It is a project that always keeps its gaze fixed on the past, but immersed in the present with a focus on the future. This is manifested both through the link with the ancient Sicilian winemaking tradition symbolised by indigenous varieties such as: Carricante, Frappato, Grecanico, Nerello mascalese, Moscato di Noto and Nero d'Avola, and by international varieties such as Merlot, Chardonnay and Syrah. Xtrawine offers you a wide range of Planeta wines that have received major awards from AIS, from the best vintages of 2016 and 2017. All the Planeta wines featured on Xtrawine are characterised by intense fruity and floral aromas and a strong flavour. Read more

Sicily

Technical Sheet

Name	Planeta La Segreta Il Bianco 2024
Type	White organic still
Denomination	Sicilia DOC
Vintage	2024
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	12.5% by volume
Grape varieties	50% Grecanico Dorato, 30% Chardonnay, 10% Fiano, 10% Viognier
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Vendor	Planeta
Climate	Altitude: Dispensa 45-75 metres a.s.l.; Gurra 75 metres a.s.l.; Gurra 210 metres a.s.l.
Soil composition	At Dispensa medium deep, scarce skeleton almost absent, medium limestone, medium fertility; at Gurra calcareous and very clayey; at Ulmo medium-textured, medium deep to deep soil with an abundant skeleton consisting of pebbles, weakly calcareous, with fractions of dark, vegetal soils.
Cultivation system	Espalier with spurred cordon and Guyot pruning system.
Plants per hectare	4500-5050
Yield per hectare	Dispensa 90 quintals; Gurra 80 quintals; Ulmo 100 quintals.
Harvest	20 August - 30 September
Fermentation temperature	15 6 °C
Fermentation	10 2 days.
Wine making	The grapes were harvested and placed in small trolleys, then chilled to around 16 7 °C. Once in the cellar, the grapes were destemmed and crushed, then sent to a soft press. The must obtained remained at around 8-9 °C in static decantation for 36 hours, after which the clear part was decanted and fermented at around 15 6 °C for 10/12 days. At the end of fermentation in 210/264/600 hl stainless steel tanks, after about 7 days, the wine was decanted, leaving it on the finer lees with weekly agitation to encourage the fixation of aromas and increase the volume of flavour; it was finally blended and bottled.
Aging	Stainless steel.
Total acidity	5.85 gr/L
PH	3.32
Allergens	Contains sulphites