Winery Le SchetteIsola Persa Nero d’Avola
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The Isola Persa Nero d’Avola of the Winery Le Schette is in the top 0 of wines of Riesi.
Details and technical informations about Winery Le Schette's Isola Persa Nero d’Avola.
Discover the grape variety: Perlon
Table grape with long clusters and golden, thin-skinned, crunchy berries with a fresh, sweet flavour. Nearly extinct in commercial cultivation, preserved in varietal collections for its heritage value; among the old French table grape varieties studied for their genetic and ampelographic interest. Rare French white variety, formerly grown for fresh consumption.
Informations about the Winery Le Schette
The Winery Le Schette is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Riesi to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Riesi
DOC at the extreme south-eastern tip of Sicily (Ragusa and Syracuse provinces, Pachino, Portopalo, Noto, Rosolini), calcareous-clay soils under intense sunshine. Nero d'Avola (>=90%) reigns in a solar, fleshy red with intense black cherry, blackberry, candied plum, Mediterranean herbs and a balsamic touch, round tannins. Calabrese and Frappato as lighter complements with red fruits. Pachino Nero d'Avola star.
The wine region of Sicily
Major qualitative renewal. Sunny, expressive reds: fleshy, spicy Nero d'Avola (black cherry, blackberry, liquorice), fine, mineral Nerello Mascalese on Etna (recalls Pinot Noir), light, crisp Frappato in Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG. Lively, saline whites: Catarratto, fat, iodised Grillo, taut Carricante, floral Inzolia. Amber, walnutty fortified Marsala.
The word of the wine: Grape variety
A type of vine plant and, by extension, the term used to designate the grapes that come from it. The term "table grape" is used to designate the grapes used for consumption, whereas the term "grape variety" is used to designate the wine grapes used to make wine.
