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Celso, 550 m s.l.m.

Placido Rizzotto

Placido Rizzotto

Nero d'Avola DOC Sicilia 2024

The highlands of the Sicilian hinterland are an enchanting corner of the Mediterranean with an overwhelming, unforgettable beauty. This wine tells of the poignant charm of its landscapes and the love that men and women, in the wake of cooperation, lavish in the Libera Terra project.

 

It is dedicated to Placido Rizzotto, a trade unionist from Corleone who gave his life for the liberation of his land from mafia oppression, and to the little shepherd Giuseppe Letizia, killed because of an involuntary witness to the murder of Placido.

Grape varieties

Nero d'Avola 100%

Appellation

Sicilia Denominazione d'Origine Controllata

Agronomic approach

Certified organic

Alcohol

12.50%

Total acidity

6.67 g/l

pH

3.20

Harvesting technique

Manual harvest in boxes, second half of August

Wine-making

Destemming, soft crushing, cold settling and fermentation in in steel vats

Maturation

In steel vats for 4 months

Production

35,000 750ml bottles

Soil

Highly impermeable, sub-alkaline pH, structure not very coherent, sandy-clayey (clay 42.8%, sand 36.7%, silt 20.5%), poor in limestone and organic matter.