Pithos Rosso IGT

Zone of production: locality Bastonaca, Vittoria, Southeastern Sicily.

Grapes: Frappato di Victoria 40%; Nero d'Avola 60%.

Altimetry: 230 meters s.l.m.

Tipology of the soil: medium consistency, comes from sub-Appennine sands, of pliocenica origin and with limestone and silicius nature from fresh and compact clay layers and from tufa limestone.

System of breeding: little tree and spurred cord with the fruits at cm. 50 above the ground.

Medium age of the lives in production: 22 years.

Yield for hectare in grape: 40 ql.

Age of grape harvest: October.

Material of the vats of fermentation: Giare (amphoras) of terracotta from 400 and and 250 liters.

Temperature of fermentation: free to carry out itself, it has not exceeded the 30°.

Duration of maceration and alcolic fermentation: 7 months.

Wine-making participations: only manual pumping over.

Stalks for the aging: wood for the Black one of Avola; steel for the Frappato di Vittoria.

No filtraton before bottling

Pithos like all our products, is a wine absolutely lacking in external substances, only 1 g/hl of SO2 before bottling, which has been made without filtration.