Ilex
Nero d'Avola
Ilex is our red IGT from Nero d’Avola grapes. It displays an intense ruby red colour with purple hues; strong and persistent in flavours, with intense notes of red fruits and vanilla. On the palate the wine shows a refined and harmonic taste, elegant and delicate, but also persistent and supported with a good and pleasant acidity. Ilex is well paired with red meats and cheese, and served at a suggested temperature of 18° C.
- WINE
IGT (Typical Geographic Indication) - Sicily
- GRAPE VARIETIES
100% Nero d'Avola, grown as a non-irrigated sapling
- PRODUCTION AREA
Caltagirone (Catania) Italy
- ALTITUDE
325 metres a.s.l.
- TYPE OF SOIL
Mediterranean red sands
- TYPE OF CULTIVATION
Bush-trained
- PLANT DENSITY
9,000 vines per hectare
- AGE OF VINEYARD
15 years
- CLIMATE
Mediterranean with hot, dry, windy summers and a good diurnal temperature variation.
- RIPENING AND HARVESTING
September, manual harvesting
- VINIFICATION METHOD
Destemming and pressing
- MACERATION
6 days in stainless steel fermentation tanks
- AGING (type of barrels)
Steel
- BOTTLING
6 months after the harvest
- QUANTITY PRODUCED (in bottles)
1500 75 cl bottles
- COLOUR
Ruby red with purple hues
- AROMA
Of red fruit
- TASTE
Fruity, harmonious, persistent to the taste, supported by a pleasant acidity
- ALCOHOL CONTENT
13,5%
- TEMPERATURE OF SERVICE
18 °C
- SERVING TEMPERATURE
An excellent accompaniment to red meats and cheeses.
- STORING
Lay the bottle down in a cool room with a stable temperature not in excess of 18° C
