Nero d'Avola 'V.18 Vasca Diciotto'

Style

Red

Type

Still

Winemaker

Gunther & Klaus Di Giovanna

Appellation

Terre Siciliane

Varieties

Nero d'Avola

Viticulture

Yields lowered by 50% with green harvest along with leaf thinning. Grapes are hand-harvested when it is fresh, between the hours of 4:30am-9am and 5:00pm-9pm. Daytime temperatures during harvest can average 95F to 104F degrees.

Farming

Certified Organic

Terroir

The grapes come from the Gerbino & Miccina vineyards. Gerbino in Contessa Entellina is the family's oldest vineyards, originally planted by great grandfather Ciaccio. The altitude ranges from 420-480 meters above sea level; Soft rolling hills and mixed clay with limestone soil. Miccina is located in Contessa Entellina. The average altitude is 350 meters above sea level with mixed soils consisting of mixed clays, limestone, tufo.

Vineyard

Made entirely with estate fruit.

Vinification

Estate produced and packaged in the Di Giovanna wine cellar directly from TANK 18 (Vasca Diciotto). Fruit is destemmed and fermented in stainless steel tank; warm maceration for an average of 20 days. The wine is cold stabilized and fined with bentonite.