The single-variety Nero d’Avola named Plumbago is called after the beautiful violet-coloured wild flower which grows in the woods surrounding the baglio and the vineyards of Ulmo. It is produced from the old vineyard around the Lago Arancio, which presents a soft and fruity version of this great Sicilian variety. Rounded tannins and perfectly adjusted wood make this an immediately pleasurable wine.
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Plumbago
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denomination
Menfi D.O.C.
Variety
100% Nero d’Avola
Location
Sambuca di Sicilia (AG)
Vineyard
Dispensa, Ulmo
First vintage
2008
Details
type of soil
At Ulmo soils of medium texture, averagely deep and at a depth an abundant structure consisting of pebbles, moderately limey with dark and vegetable patches. At Dispensa, moderately deep tending to chalk, almost absent structure, average lime.
ALTITUDE
195 metres above sea level;
Dispensa 75 metres above sea level.
TRAINING SYSTEM
Espalier with spurred cordon pruning system.
METHOD OF CULTIVATION
According to the criteria of organic agriculture and the SOStain® protocol; ground cover of beans, vetch and wild plants to increase organic substance and nitrogen content to increase strength of the soil’s microfauna; plant health protected with minimum amounts of sulphur and copper; phytophages deterred by useful insects, sexual confusion and application of natural restoratives such as zeolite, kaolin and vegetable extracts.
Tasting notes
Full violet-purple that you cannot wait to drink. Plumbago, dominated by aromas of ripe plums and wild blackberries, shows pleasantly complex and aromatic notes of incense, jasmine and black truffle. Texture of the tannin is variegated and combines with soft, sweet and seductive aspects, like a Sacher cake, to those harder, direct and austere of a cake of Modica chocolate.
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