Description
Grape variety: Frappato from Tenuta Belicello, Vigne Sottostrada
Soil: Deep medium-textured soil with sandy-limestone components lying on alluvial clay banks
Vineyard: planted in 2018, vertical shoot positioning, Guyot
Winemaking: skin contact for 5 days in neutral Slavonian oak casks
Alcoholic fermentation: spontaneous, wild yeast
Malolactic fermentation: spontaneous
Refining: 6 months on fine lees, neutral Slavonian oak barrels
Marilena Barbera makes her wines practicing biodynamic farming and natural winemaking, while paying utmost respect to Menfi's terroir.
No herbicides or synthetic fertilizers are ever allowed in her vineyard, nor any other systemic farm chemicals that may alter the environment's health and its rich biodiversity.
At the winery, she works only with spontaneous fermentations and non-invasive winemaking practices, in order to respect the unique personality of Sicilian native grape varieties and the beautiful land to which they belong.
