Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico della Bastonaca DOCG

Vineyard and terroir

The grapes originate in Bastonaca, Vittoria, in south-eastern Sicily. The organically farmed vineyard stands at 230 metres above sea level. Medium-textured red soils developed from sub-Apennine sands of Pliocene origin contain limestone, siliceous sand and clay. The Guyot-trained vines are planted at 5,000 vines per hectare and average 45 years of age.

Grapes

40% Frappato di Vittoria and 60% Nero d’Avola.

Vinification

The fruit is harvested between late September and early October. Fermentation proceeds spontaneously on the skins with indigenous yeasts.

Ageing

Maturation takes place in Slavonian oak casks and continues in bottle.

Label / history

Cerasuolo di Vittoria is a red wine composed of Frappato and Nero d’Avola. The history of its present form is associated with Vittoria’s foundation in 1607, when Vittoria Colonna Henriquez-Cabrera granted land to the first settlers on the condition that they plant vineyards. The denomination became a DOC in 1974 and a DOCG in 2005.