TITLE: NERO D’AVOLA
APPELLATION: Sicilia DOC
PRODUCER: Roccaperciata
REGION: Sicilia
SHORT_DESC: Nero d’Avola is the most important & widely planted red wine grape variety in Sicily & has been for centuries. Its present-day name derives from the grape’s distinctive dark coloring & the town of Avola on Sicily’s southeast coast.
OVERVIEW_VARIETAL: 100% Nero d’Avola
OVERVIEW_PROCESS: Traditional vinification in steel tank, matured about 2 months in barrique
OVERVIEW_SERVING_TEMP: 61 - 64 °F
OVERVIEW_ALCOHOL: 13.5%
PROFILE_COLOR: Intense ruby red, tending to purple
PROFILE_NOSE: Enveloping fruity fragrance of morele cherries, black currents, vanilla, pepper, tobacco & coffee
PROFILE_FINISH: Intense, full & expressive, with a rich, velvety taste, great body & harmonic persistence & pleasant tannins; flavors of cherry, spice & vanilla
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PAIRING: Beef, pasta, lamb, stews
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