Favinia Le Sciabbiche IGT Terre Siciliane 2018 - Firriato Winery

Favinia Le Sciabbiche from sicilian grapes, the red from Favignana certified IGT Terre Siciliane - Cantina Firriato

Favinia Le Sciabbiche is the "Red of the Egadi". Thanks to the union between two sicilian grapes, the result is a red wine with a very consistent flavor and a wonderful bouquet.

From two historic vines of Sicilian oenology, two native red grape vines that in Favignana find a sea terroir that gives them that extra touch that gives Favinia Le Sciabbiche excellent fragrances.

At sight, this red wine from Firriato has a very intense and compact color with shades that tend towards purple.

On the nose, however, it presents a bouquet that begins with nuances of black currants and blueberries and deepens with delicate spices, blond tobacco and fresh balsamic notes.

In the mouth it has a very consistent flavour, thanks to a fragrant pulp which is accompanied by noble, enveloping and very fine tannins. In the background there is also a marked minerality and a marked flavor, two characteristics that are given by the proximity to the wonderful sea of ​​Favignana.

DATA SHEET

CLASSIFICATION: I.G.T. Sicilian lands

PRODUCTION AREA Favignana Island - Tenuta Calamoni

TYPE OF SOIL: Quaternary calcarenite with large presence of marine fossils

EXPOSURE Southern (vineyard at sea level)

TRAINING SYSTEM Supported sapling

PLANTS PER HECTARE 5,000

YIELD PER HECTARE 6,500 kg

HARVEST 1st decade of September, manual harvesting in boxes

FERMENTATION TEMPERATURE 24°-26°C

FERMENTATION PERIOD 12 days

VINIFICATION Traditional in red in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks

AGING 4 months in oak barriques and tonneaux and subsequent storage in steel

REFINEMENT IN BOTTLE At least 20 months

ALCOHOL CONTENT 13.60% vol. | PH 3.51 | TOTAL ACIDITY 6.08 g/lt

FIRST HARVEST PRODUCED 2011

VINTAGE PRODUCTION 4,000 bottles

SERVING TEMPERATURE 10°-12°C

RECOMMENDED GLASS Large balloon, with slightly narrowed mouth

TASTING NOTES

Color: intense and compact with shades tending towards purple

Smell: elegant nuances of black currants and blueberries that alternate with hints of cloves, delicate spices and blond tobacco wrapped in fresh balsamic notes

Palate: consistent and with fragrant pulp, it fills the taste with absolute certainty through a powerful structure accompanied by noble, enveloping and very fine tannins in a background characterized by a marked minerality and flavor reminiscent of the sea