Palici Rosè

Organoleptic characteristics

Colour: Onion skin,rose colour
Bouquet: red roses, intense bouquet with aromas of bread and hay crust, accompanied by nuances of dried fruit and light citrus scents
Flavour: full, round and fruity

Training

Production Area: Norht Etna
Vineyards in Ha: 4
Exposition: North/East
Altitude:800-900metres above sea level
Soil Type: Vulcanic
Vineyards age: 10 years
Planting density for hectare: 5000 plantes
Training system: Spurred cordon
Ql. Grapes/ha: 40 about
Yield for hectare: 90% about
Harvest period: September/ October
Cliamate: Dry

Vinification

Soft pressing
Fermentation equipment: Steel fermenters
Duration of fermentation in days: 20
Fermentation temperature in C°: 14-15
Maturation in bottle and refinement with yeast: 19 months
Refinement with cork: 4 months

Laboratory analysis

Sugar content at harvest time: 15-18° babo
Total Acidity of the must at harvest time: 9-11
Alcohol content: 12,50-13 % Vol
Ph: 3.2

Refinement

Bottle ageing: 2 years

Packaging

Glass bottles: 0,75l
N° of bottles in box: 6

Serving suggestions

fish,especially shellfish and smoked,it goes well with some cheeses

Serving temperature: 6-8°C

History of Palici:
The Palici, real pearl wine, is a sparkling wine DOC is the first made in Sicily. In 1992 our company decided to make this sparkling wine using the grape varieties of Nerello Mascalese vinified in white.
The Palici sparkling wine is the result of a natural fermentation in the bottle with champagne method left to mature on the lees for at least 36 months. The name "Palici" runs the legend of twin sons of the god Vulcan Adrano, and Thalia nymph, symbol of water. The Palici are the personification of thermal sulfur springs and represent the union of water and fire. According to legend, the twins were born underground because Thalia, was afraid that because Era, jealous wife of Zeus could kill them but, one day, not far from the river Simmete , saw go out out two children that the nymph had given birth. The Palici from the Greek words: Palin ikèsthai means twice-born, from Thalia and Earth.