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Technical Information

Wine Blend Vine Age Soil Type Vineyard Area*
Spumante Metodo Classico Extra Brut
35% Grecanico, 30% Moscato Giallo, 25% Grillo, 10% heirloom varieties (Recunu, Cutrera, Rucignola) Planted in 1999 Chalk, limestone .5 ha
Terre Siciliane Rosé
Nero d'Avola Planted in 2017 Clay, limestone 6 ha
Terre Siciliane Bianco “Marzaiolo”
45% Grillo, 15% Grecanico, 20% Inzolia, 15% Moscato, 5% Recunu, Cutrera, Rucignola 12 years Clay, limestone 2 ha
Sicilia Moscato “Mizzica”
Moscato Bianco Planted in 2004 Chalk, limestone 1.8 ha
Sicilia Bianco “Nsajàr”
40% Cutrera, 30% Rucignola, 30% Recunu Planted in 2017 Clay, limestone .6 ha
Eloro Nero d'Avola “Spaccaforno”
Nero d'Avola 30 years Limestone 4 ha
Eloro Nero d'Avola “Sciavè”
Nero d'Avola 43 years, 19 years Limestone, clay, marl 3.3 ha
Moscato di Noto “Notissimo”
Moscato Bianco Planted in 1999 Chalk, limestone 1.5 ha
* "ha" = hectares; one hectare equals roughly two and a half acres

VITICULTURE / VINIFICATION

• Harvested by hand

• Indigenous yeasts

• Low gobelet training and high trellising (according to the terroir of each parcel)


Vineyards

• Contrada Favara-Biduri (1.5 ha): Terrain made up of a thick layer of limestone pebbles in a limestone-silt matrix, sitting on clay- and limestone-heavy marls from the Tellaro formation

• Contrada Buonivini (1.8 ha): Heavily limestone terrain with lots of small rocks.  Fine texture, clayey limestone


Spumante Metodo Classico Extra Brut
• Grapes are destemmed, followed by a light pressing
• Fermentation at low temperatures in stainless steel tank
• Fermentation lasts approximately 15 days
• Wine is aged for 6 months on the lees in stainless steel
• Wine is bottled in spring following harvested and a liqueur de tirage is added
• Bottles age for 12 - 14 months as they undergo a second fermentation
• Bottles are then disgorged, a small amount of liqueur d’expédition is added and re-corked
• Bottles are aged for several more months before release to the market

Terre Siciliane Rosé
• Direct to press
• Wine finishes its malolactic fermentation
• Aged on fine lees in stainless for six months before bottling

Terre Siciliane Bianco “Marzaiolo”
• Grapes are destemmed, followed by a light pressing
• Fermentation at low temperatures in stainless steel tank
• 10% of blend ages on the lees for 60 days
• Aged for 3 months in stainless steel, 2 months in barrel, 4 months in bottle

Sicilia Moscato “Mizzica”
• A fully dry wine
• Grapes are destemmed, followed by a light pressing
• Fermentation at low temperatures in stainless steel tank
• Fermentation lasts approximately 15 days
• Stirring of lees for 7 days after fermentations
• Temperature of wine is then reduced to 10° C to settle
• Wine is aged in stainless steel for 6 months and then in bottle for 3 months

Sicilia Bianco “Nsajàr”
• Half of grapes are de-stemmed and pressed, other half is not de-stemmed and pressed
• Aged on fine lees in stainless and neutral oak barrels for six months before bottling
• “Nsajàr” is the word in local dialect meaning “try something new”

Eloro Nero d'Avola “Spaccaforno”

• “Spaccaforno”is the former name of the commune of Ispica, where the estate is located. Both names derive from the Latin Hyspicae Fundus, meaning the bottom of the Hyspa River (now called the Busaitone) Valley.

• Density of planting: 4,500 vines per hectare

• Yield: 52 hl/ha

• Temperature-controlled maceration in cement vat

• At least 6 months of élevage in French oak (80% second passage, 20% third passage) and 10 months minimum in bottle before release

• Unfiltered


Eloro Nero d'Avola “Sciavè” 

• “Sciavè” (pronounced sha-VEH) is a local nickname for Saverio, the name of Massimo’s grandfather.

• Density of planting: 6,500 vines per hectare

• Yield: 38 hl/ha

• Temperature-controlled maceration in stainless steel with pumping over daily

• Fourteen months of élevage: (1/3 new barriques, 1/3 second passage barriques, 1/3 split between third passage barriques and stainless steel)

• Four to six months of bottle aging before release

• Unfiltered


Moscato di Noto “Notissimo”
• 80 - 90 grams/liter of residual sugar
• Hand harvesting of fully mature and over-ripe grapes
• In certain years up to 10% of the grapes are dried in the sun in boxes
• Grapes are destemmed, followed by a cold maceration and light pressing
• Once wine has reached 11% alcohol, fermentation is stopped by reducing the temperature
• Aged in stainless steel for 6 months and bottle for five months

MISCELLANEA

The Tellaro Formation:

Named for the Tellaro River, this geological feature of the Noto Valley is a layer of active limestone that helps the vines withstand the extreme heat of summer by providing them with a reserve of water.

General Information

Country
Italy
Region
Sicily
Appellation(s)
Eloro, Moscato di Noto, Sicilia, IGP Terre Siciliane
Producer
Massimo Padova
Founded
1920
Annual Production
6,000 cases
Farming
Organic (certified)
Website
http://www.riofavara.it
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