Guarnaccio Perricone 2021 - Tasca d'Almerita Tenuta Regaleali

Guarnaccio, from Perricone grapes, a Sicilian DOC red wine

HISTORY

This Sicilian red wine comes from the Perricone vine, to which in 1735 the "vigneros", i.e. winemakers, gave the name "Guarnaccio".

This wine was born in Tenuta Regaleali, the historic estate of the Tasca d'Almerita family

This Sicilian red wine is rich in polyphenols and spicy aromas, which give memories of a very ancient winemaking tradition.

PRIZES

2021 Vinous 92+/100

2021 Decanter 92/100

2021 Wine Enthusiast 90/100

2021 James Suckling 90/100

DATA SHEET

Grape varieties: Perricone

Denomination: Sicilia DOC

Wine-growing area: Tenuta Regaleali – Palermo – Sicily

Vineyards: Ciminnita of 2.6 hectares

Soils: deep, fine clayey, slightly calcareous

Year of planting: 2011

Training system: espalier

Altitude: 480 m above sea level

Exposure: south-east

Type of pruning: long guyot

Density of vines per hectare: 4,600

Grape yield per hectare: 61 quintals

Fermentation: in stainless steel tanks

Fermentation temperature: from 25° to 30°C

Fermentation duration: 13 days

Malolactic fermentation: carried out entirely

Aging: in 225 liter French oak barrels (Allier and Tronçais), in the second and third passage, for approximately 12 months

Alcohol content: 13% Vol.

Analytical data of the wine: pH 3.60 – AT 5.19 g/l – ZR 1.6 g/l – ET 33.1 g/l

Contains sulfites