Tenuta Regaleali Rosso del Conte Contea di Sclafani Doc 2015

Rosso del Conte Tasca d'Almerita

Towards the end of the 60’s, Count Giuseppe decided to create a special reserve of Regaleali Rosso, capable of aging like other great international red wines. A challenge he won in 1970 and renewed in successive vintages. A wine long meditated upon, fruit of research conducted with rigour and passion for many years, both among the vines and in the cellar. Rosso del Conte is produced with Nero d’Avola from plants more than forty years old, cultivated as shrubs, almost unique today in Sicily.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

• Grapes: Nero d’Avola and a few plants of Perricone.

• Vineyards: “San Lucio” (6.70 ha), “Sant’Anna” and “Ciminnita” (7 ha)

“Case Vecchie” (9 ha).

• Age of vineyard: “San Lucio” 1959 and 1964 - “S. Anna” 1976 - “Ciminnita” 1974 -

“Case Vecchie” 1974 and 1976.

• Training system: Espalier and bush (Guyot).

• Vines per Ha: 4 t.

• Soil: Medium mixture with a tendency to wards clayey texture.

• Vineyard exposure: South, South-East.

• Harvest period: September 27th and October 10th 2001.

• Must analytical data: Babo 22° Tot. Ac. 6 g/l - pH 3.30.

• Yield per Ha: 4,000.

• Malolactic fermentation: Totally developped.

• Fermentation: Traditional in red.

• Maceration skin-contact during: 12 days at 26-28° C. controlled temperature.

• Fermentation temperature: 26/28°C.

• Refinement: 12 months in french oak (Allier & Tronçais) 300 l tonneaux, 60% new,

40% second passage.

• Bottiling: May 12th and 16th 2003.

• Alcohol content: 14% Vol.

• Appellation: Red D.O.C. - Contea di Sclafani.

ORGANOLEPTIC DETAILS

• Colour: Deep, deep ruby, turning into violet.

• Bouquet: Cherry, marasca, walnut husk, wild berries, vanilla, cinnamon, mint,

sage and tobacco.

• Taste: Rich of ripe fruit concentrate, fragrant, balanced.

• After taste: Mouthfilling, soft and persistent sweet tannin.

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