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Giambascio, 1,000 feet (300 m) above s.l.

Terre Rosse di Giabbascio

Terre Rosse di Giabbascio

Catarratto DOC Sicilia 2022

This wine, fruit of only the autochthonous Catarratto vine, borns from red lands among the uplands of central Sicily.

It is dedicated to Pio La Torre and to his neverending struggle for peace and justice.

Grape varieties

Catarratto 100%

Appellation

Sicilia Denominazione di Origine Controllata

Agronomic approach

Certified organic

Alcohol

13.27%

Total acidity

6.37 g/l

pH

3.14

Harvesting technique

Manual harvest in boxes, second half of September

Wine-making

Soft crushing and fermentation in steel vats

Maturation

On its own yeasts in steel vats (90%) and clayver (10%) for 7 months

Refinement

In bottle for 2 months

Production

13,000 750ml bottles and 20 Magnums

Soil

Clayey-sandy soil (clay 40.0%, sand 40.3%, silt 19.7%) loos and rich in earthy iron oxides (in particular hematite, limonite, and goethite), sub-alkaline pH, structure not very coherent.