Merkki: Tenuta Rapitalà

Alkoholiprosentti : 13,5% vol.

Fleur
Grillo
IGT Sicilia

Fleur is a sun-filled and intriguing wine with a full and intense bouquet. It is produced from one of Sicily’s ancient indigenous grape varieties, the grillo which gives this wine its golden yellow colour with green tints, its Mediterranean scents, its herbaceous notes with floral and fruity hints and a full and balanced flavour.

The grapes: 100% grillo

The vineyard: selected parcels cultivated at between 300 and 550 metres above sea level, trained by the Guyot system on clayey-sandy soil with limited yields of grapes per hectare.

The vinification: to preserve the full aroma of this grape, at every stage of the maturation the relationship between sugar content and acidity is carefully determined, taking care to avoid any kind of water stress to the plants, and so arriving at the picking of the grapes during the second ten days of August when they have not yet reached full ripeness. There follows the vinification by the white wine method, with a gentle pressing without oxygen to avoid any changes to the primary perfumes, cold settling of the young must and a slow and steady temperature-controlled fermentation.

The wine: golden yellow colour with green tints, Mediterranean scents, herbaceous notes with floral and fruity hints and a full and balanced flavour underpinned by an elegant acidity.

Analytical details: 12.5% alcohol; 5.34 g/l total acidity, 3.30 pH, 4.30 g/l residual sugar, 19.2 g/l dry extract.

Food matches: excellent with first courses of pasta with vegetables and shellfish, white meats and grilled and oven-baked fish. Drink at a temperature of 8-10°C.