Longarico Catartico - Sicily Catarratto

2017

Longarico’s 2017 Catartico is made of 100% Catarratto, from approximately 15-year-old vines planted on clayey, calcareous soil at 350 metres altitude, macerated with the skins for three days.

Longarico’s 2017 Catartico is made of 100% Catarratto, from approximately 15-year-old vines planted on clayey, calcareous soil at 350 metres altitude. After a manual harvest in the second week of September, the grapes were destemmed, crushed and loaded into stainless steel tanks, where they macerated with their skins for three days. Fermentation took place with indigenous yeasts, without additions or temperature control. After pressing, the wine was aged for six months on its lees in chestnut barrels. It was then bottled unfiltered and unfined, with 10mg/l of sulphites added at bottling.