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$10.20The Story
50% Nero d’Avola, 50% Frappato
The soil is a mixture of sand and clay. 20 to 40 years old vines. 6000 bush vines per hectare. The vines are manually harvested in the first week of October. The temperature-controlled maceration lasts 8 to 10 days. The wine is then aged in French oak for 6 months.
The age of the vines varies from 20 to 40 years. The sandy and clay soil reaches so deep that no irrigation is ever needed. Clay endows the wine with longevity and acid extract, while sand gives the wine delicacy and softness. Manenti practices biologic farming with minimal intervention in the vineyard.
Cerasuolo di Vittoria became a DOCG in 2005, the only DOCG in Sicily. In the last century the Ragusa province was so deeply affected by the phylloxera epidemic that most farmers, having witnessed the devastation of their vineyards, decided to change their crops into fruit and vegetables. Only in the last 20 years there has been a steady return to vine growing and Manenti belongs to the new generation of winemakers that work side by side with local farmers.
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50% Nero d’Avola, 50% Frappato
The soil is a mixture of sand and clay. 20 to 40 years old vines. 6000 bush vines per hectare. The vines are manually harvested in the first week of October. The temperature-controlled maceration lasts 8 to 10 days. The wine is then aged in French oak for 6 months.
The age of the vines varies from 20 to 40 years. The sandy and clay soil reaches so deep that no irrigation is ever needed. Clay endows the wine with longevity and acid extract, while sand gives the wine delicacy and softness. Manenti practices biologic farming with minimal intervention in the vineyard.
Cerasuolo di Vittoria became a DOCG in 2005, the only DOCG in Sicily. In the last century the Ragusa province was so deeply affected by the phylloxera epidemic that most farmers, having witnessed the devastation of their vineyards, decided to change their crops into fruit and vegetables. Only in the last 20 years there has been a steady return to vine growing and Manenti belongs to the new generation of winemakers that work side by side with local farmers.
