Tenuta Regaleali Vintage 2016 DOC Contea di Sclafani

Riserva del Conte

Riserva del Conte is a collector’s wine produced only in the best vintages. A tribute to the challenge that Count Giuseppe Tasca d’Almerita set himself in 1959: the creation of a Sicilian wine to compete with the top wines of the world. The 2016 edition, a vintage that was perfect from an analytical and organoleptic point of view, comes from of a blend of Perricone and Nero d’Avola from the historic San Lucio bush-trained vineyard. In homage to its origins, it is aged in 500-liter chestnut barrels.

Grande Vigna San Lucio

Tenuta Regaleali’s oldest vineyard covers about 7 hectares, of which 5.5 hectares were planted in 1959 with a mix of both Perricone and Nero d’Avola vines. The rest, about 1.5 hectares, was planted in 1965 with Nero d’Avola only. The altitude is 480 m.a.s.l, the exposure is south-southeast. It is grown using the bush vine system, the oldest and most widespread form of cultivation in the semi-arid regions of the Mediterranean. As in the past, the vine density is 4,400 vines per hectare, obtained by arranging the vines at a distance of 1.5 meters from each other.

Soil

The Vineyard represents the personality of a wine. The soil is yellowish brown, loamy-sandy, somewhat calcareous, with a slight presence of stones. The pH is slightly alkaline (8.5).

Characteristics

^1. Flavor intensity
^2. Body
^3. Tannin
^4. Acidity
^5. Alcohol

Details

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Grapes: Perricone (60%), Nero d’Avola (40%)
Appellation: Red Riserva Contea di Sclafani DOC
Production area: Tenuta Regaleali – Palermo – Sicily
Vineyard: Vigna San Lucio
Year planted: 1959
Elevation: 480 m.a.s.l.
Exposure: south-southeast
Training system: bush vine
Pruning system: short spur
Vines per ha: 6,000
Yield per ha: 67 ql
Harvest: September 29th
Vinifìcation: a mix of both Perricone and Nero d’Avola
Fermentation: traditional for reds in stainless steel tanks
Fermentation temperature: 20°C at start, 28°C at finish
Length of fermentation: 25 days
Malolactic fermentation: fully developed
Aging: 100% in 500 liter barrels of new chestnut for 26 months
Alcohol content: 13% Vol.
Wine analytical data: pH 3.56 – TA 6 g/l – RS 0.3 g/l – TE 28 g/l
Contains sulphites