Santa Cecilia is our top-of-the-range wine, from the most important Sicilian variety; Nero d’Avola. The extensive research into finding the ideal place for making a great wine from this variety brought us to Noto, original territory of this variety, where DOC Noto reigns in the extreme south-east of Sicily. With its white lands and its antique vines, it has always been the epicentre of Nero d’Avola cultivation. Santa Cecilia is an expression of elegance, power, balance and exaltation of the unique aromas of Sicily; today it is the point of reference for red wines made from indigenous Sicilian grapes. Its name derives from that of our family – Planeta di Santa Cecilia.
Sostain
Organic wine
Santa Cecilia
Sostain
Organic wine
denomination
Noto D.O.C.
Variety
100% Nero d’Avola
Location
Noto (SR)
Vineyard
Selected from the Zuppardo and Agliastro vineyards
First vintage
1997
Details
TYPE OF SOIL
Soils composed of lime marl, abundant structure of small-sized components; fine texture with light-coloured fragments of chalk.
ALTITUDE
35 – 40metres above sea level
TRAINING SYSTEM
Espalier with spurred cordon pruning system.
METHOD OF CULTIVATION
According to the criteria of organic agriculture and SOStain® protocols; ground cover of beans, vetch and wild flowers to augment organic material and nitrogen content, to favour the vitality of the soil’s microfauna; plant health protection provided by sulphur and copper in very small quantities; attacks on phytophages with effective insects, sexual confusion and application of natural restoratives such as zeolite, kaolin and vegetable extracts.
Tasting Notes
Movement between balsamic, grassy and notes of many different fruits. The nose opens with notes of Mediterranean macchia and aromas of seawrack piled on Sicilian beaches. The red fruit is sour cherry bottled in spirit and very ripe blackberry; the citrus fruit is bergamot and bitter orange. The spices are carob flour and incense. On the palate the ripe fruit combines well with the wood tannin in accompanying a very densely textured tannin but open and measured to the structure of this wine with its complex and unmistakeable personality.
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