The importance of the soils where the vines are grown determines the style and taste of a wine. Only in soils with good expressions grown in suitable areas can the facets of a territory be identified, dictated by the rhythm of the vintage and by the interpretation of the producer. This wine wants to tell the typicality of the clayey soils of Contrada Bonivini.

Wine obtained from the selection of the best parcels of Nero d’Avola grapes, cultivated on clayey yellow soils. The clayey lands, of pure clay, give the wines a dense and powerful texture, concentrating great richness to the taste.

To depict this wine we decided to stylize the clayey soil with the colour of the earth of our vineyards. In the four natural elements, the earth symbolizes our origins, welcomes life and nourishes it.

Territory
Val di Noto, Buonivini district

Varietal
Nero d’Avola

Soil
Clayey limestone.

Vineyards
Don Paolo e Parrino.

Training system
Spurred cordon, alberello impupato/ free standing bush.

Altitude above sea level
from 77 mt  to 66 mt

Exposure
East, north

Yield per hectare
40 qli/ha – 25 hl/ha

Agricolture
Biodynamics, with no use of herbicides, no treatments and / or chemical and / or synthetic fertilizers; pesticide treatments are limited to low doses of mine sulfur; fertilizations is limited to biodynamic preparations, shredded pruning and green manure of grasses and legumes.

Vinification
Spontaneous fermentation in steel tanks, long maceration of the must with the skins.

Maturation
20 months in total between maturation in steel and refinement in the bottle.