Il Censo IGT Terre Siciliane Rosso '700' 2019

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Il Censo IGT Terre Siciliane Rosso '700' 2019The 700 refers to the meters of altitude at which the Nero dAvola at Il Censo is planted. This wine offers a beguiling combination of plushness and tension, with fruits in the dark red part of the spectrum, and plenty of driving energy. Nero dAvola can often be one note even when it is perfectly delicious, but not here, as this shows the true potential of Il Censos terroir for producing great red wine.

and the wine spends 18 months settling in tank before being bottled without filtration

A formidable and quite royal wine from 55 year old south-facing vines in the cru “Cichin”

between 3:00 AM and 9:00 AM

The wine spends 24 months in 228L barrels (less than 10% new) with no addition of SO₂ at any stage of the élevage

it pours a deep

During the “élevage” both red wines go through “delestage” and “remontage” (a technique whereby the tank is completely emptied and the wine pumped back into it on top of the layer of skins) to extract color and flavor

and it establishes a new benchmark for what this exciting winegrowing region is capable of

yet there is more finesse and purity

and the wine blends gentle structure with vivacious drinkability in very harmonious fashion

lovers of tension

The Turo d’En Moto is then aged for at least 120 months before the first disgorgement

Fermented and aged two years in steel

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