Passiperduti Grillo white wine 2022 Sicily DOC - Donnafugata winery

Sicilian white wine with a floral soul. Lost steps 2022 Sicilia DOC Grillo Donnafugata

Donna fugata's white Passiperduti comes from 100% Grillo grapes, which give life to a wine with a brilliant straw yellow color with greenish reflections.

Still white wine, broad and deep on the nose, with floral notes of lavender and broom. The bouquet is enriched with citrus scents (lime and candied cedar) and finally recalls the flint. On the palate it has good structure and is sapid, mineral and persistent.

Produced in the Contessa Entellina estate, this fresh Donnafugata white wine pairs well with refined appetizers, raw fish and shellfish, vegetarian dishes and white meats.

DATA SHEET

PRODUCTION AREA: South-western Sicily, Contessa Entellina estate and neighboring territories.

DENOMINATION: Sicilia Doc Grillo.

GRAPES: Grillo.

SOILS AND CLIMATE: altitude from 400 to 500 m above sea level; hilly orography with loamy loamy soils, with sub-alkaline reaction (pH 7.5-7.9). Total limestone from 25 to 30%. Rich in nutrients (potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, manganese, zinc). Mild winters; dry and windy summers with strong temperature variations between day and night.

VINEYARD: espalier training, with Guyot pruning, leaving 6 to 10 buds for each plant; plant density: from 4,600 to 5,200 plants per hectare with yields of 65-75 quintals per hectare.

VINTAGE: Contessa Entellina recorded 615 mm of rain in the 2021 vintage, just under the 645 mm average * of this area: rainfall was concentrated in winter, particularly in February and March, while spring was been dry; in this season the delicate phases of flowering and fruit set took place regularly. At the end of June there was a slowdown in the vegetative phase of the plants, which was then compensated by the lower temperatures in July. A heat wave in the first two weeks of August accelerated ripening. The entire vegetative-production cycle was accompanied by intense and careful work in the vineyard and thus ended regularly. The quantity of grapes produced is slightly higher than in 2020 which - it must be remembered - was below the average. The quality is fully in line with the company objectives, oriented towards quality productions. * The rainfall data are collected by SIAS, Sicilian Agrometeorological Service; we consider the rainfall recorded from 1 October to 30 September of the following year; the average is calculated starting from the 2003 harvest.

HARVEST: the Grillo intended for the production of Passiperduti was harvested between the third ten days of August and the first ten days of September; the harvest is manual with careful selection in the vineyard.

VINIFICATION: further selection of the grapes in the cellar, on a vibrating table; after soft pressing, fermentation of the must follows in steel at a temperature of 14-16 ° C; the wine ages in tanks for three months and at least three months in the bottle before being marketed.

ANALYTICAL DATA: alcohol 13.38% vol - total acidity 5.5 g / l - pH 3.20.

TASTING NOTES (21/3/2022): Passiperduti 2021 has a bright straw yellow color with greenish reflections. The nose is broad and deep with floral notes of lavender and broom; the bouquet is enriched with citrus scents - lime and candied cedar - and finally recalls the flint. On the palate it has good structure and is sapid, mineral and persistent; it is a wine of marked complexity and elegance.

LONGEVITY: to be enjoyed within 4-5 years.

FOOD & WINE: Passiperduti goes perfectly with refined appetizers, raw fish and shellfish, vegetarian dishes and white meats. To be served in glasses of medium width and medium height; it can be uncorked at the moment, excellent at 10-12 ° C.

COLLECTION Versatile with character: an intriguing selection, from aperitifs to desserts. When you want to share the pleasures of the table by combining a single wine with different dishes. Being together and intriguing all friends, from the curious to the passionate.

DIALOGUE WITH ART: the name and the label recall the serenity we feel when we contemplate nature. Passiperduti is a poetic and elegant wine capable of evoking some of the most representative lines of Italian literature: "L’infinito" by Giacomo Leopardi. "Always dear to me was this hermetic hill, and this hedge, ... But sitting and gazing, endless spaces beyond that, .... I remember the eternal, ... and shipwreck is sweet for me in this sea . "

FIRST VINTAGE: 2021