Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico Grotte Alte 2016

Grape varieties: Frappato 50%, Nero d'Avola 50%

Grotte alte is a territory: The limestone ridges on which Vittoria, Arianna´s hometown stands. But it is also a wine, Arianna's Cerasuolo di Vittoria, a blend of Frappato and Nero d’Avola grapes, the summary of her Sicily. It is a Mediterranean wine that preserves the taste of the sea, the air and the Iblei Mountains' thermal excursions. It is harmonious and it has undergone long aging. Perhaps it is the most ambitious of her wines. Elegant and proud.

Classification: Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

Altitude:  280 meters above sea level

Soil: Medium density. Red sands and chalk from sub-Apennine limestone rocks

Agriculture: Organic without chemical intervention

Training system: Guyot, Alberello

Average age of the vines: 40 years

Plant density:  6,000 plants per hectare

Harvest period: First ten days of October

Fermentation: Indigenous yeasts only, 30 days of maceration on the skins

Ageing: 32 months in large 25HL Slavonian oak barrels, 4 months in bottle, unfiltered.