Syrah di Macellarotto 2019 Case Alte Sicilia Doc Sicilian organic wine

The organic Syrah of the Case Alte winery, a full-bodied and fruity red wine, with good freshness and persistence

Case Alte's red Syrah takes its name from the native grape variety grown on the Macellarotto estate, in the hills of Camporeale in the province of Palermo.

With a deep ruby ​​red color with light violet reflections, the nose stands out for a delicate balance between fruity notes of blackberry and currant and classic spicy notes of black pepper and graphite. On the palate it is very broad, with very fine tannins supported by good acidity which gives great balance and length on the finish.

Obtained from vines placed at about 500 meters above sea level on a sandy-loam soil with a good presence of skeleton. Syrah Macellarotto is obtained from a harvest carried out in the early hours of the sun. Following de-stemming, the must obtained ferments in small steel tanks, thanks to indigenous yeasts. At the end of this phase, the malolactic fermentation is also carried out. The refinement consists of a period of 12 months in French oak tonneau and then a 12-month stop in the bottle before being marketed.

Full-bodied and balanced wine, to be combined with first or second courses of meat, ideal to drink with a rich baked pasta or pasta filled with meat.

Produced in the province of Palermo, in the Mazara Valley, in Camporeale, a small Sicilian town with a local economy linked to agriculture. Here the Vaccaro family manages the Case Alte farm, in the Macellarotto district, managing the vineyards under organic conditions. For three generations, the Vaccaro family, through careful and scrupulous control of the phases that characterize the production of wine, from the vineyard to bottling, has been producing excellent wines with excellent organoleptic characteristics, which are able to express the characteristics and richness of the Sicilian land.

The name "Case Alte" derives from the fact that the small winery, built in 2010, is located on top of a promontory about 500 meters high, with a sandy loam soil and an island climate.

The current winemaking project involves the development of the entire production chain in the small universe of the Macellaroto district, and aims to maintain a small size, on a human scale, which ensures careful and meticulous control of all stages of the production process, from the vineyard to bottling. The history of Case Alte and the Vaccaro family is a bit of a mirror of today's Sicily; one in which the new generations get involved and face with determination the challenge of producing excellence and communicating their passion, their territory and their culture to the whole world. A love that looks to the future, with particular attention to the issues of sustainability and organic farming, but which does not forget its history and the care that past generations have dedicated to each single bunch of grapes.

VARIETY Syrah

ALC. VOL. 14,5%

Soils: hilly, clayish and sandy

Altitude: 500 meters above sea level

Ages of vines: 1998 

Training system: espalier rearing with Guyot pruning

Viticulture: vineyard conducted according to the principles of biological agriculture with thinning of the bunches in pre-veraison.

No. of vines/hectare: 3.600

Yield/hectare: 5.0 tonnes

Harvesting: manual harvest and grape selection through small case of 8 kg. After harvest grapes are carried rapidly to the cellar.

Fermentation: after de-stemming, the grapes are fermented in small stainless steel tanks with selected yeasts at 23°C. During maceration, 10-12 days, are made breaks of daily cap by manual punching. After racking, malolactic fermentation takes place in steel tanks with indigenous lactic bacteria.

Aging: 12 months in French oak casks, 12 months in bottle before release.

TASTING NOTES

Colour: deep ryby red with llight violet reflections.

On the nose: balance between fruity notes of blackberry and black currant and classic notes spicy black pepper and graphite.

On the palate: very broad, with very fine tannins supported by good acidity which gives great balance and length to the finish.

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