Santa Tresa Organic Cerasuolo offers an elegant and velvety red wine experience, perfect for enhancing meals. This organic and vegan wine is crafted in Sicily, Italy, using traditional methods.
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Made from two of Sicily's finest grapes, Frappato and Nero d'Avola, Cerasuolo di Vittoria is honoured as the island's only DOCG wine. Santa Tresa Cerasuolo di Vittoria is an elegant, velvety red, perfect with pasta or cured meats.
Features: Wine of Italy, Organic, Vegan friendly.
Organic wine. Vegan friendly. At Santa Tresa we don't use pesticides! Not even organic. We only use very limited amount of Sulphur and Copper in the vineyard. Instead of manure we fertilise vines using Favino that is fava bean that we grow ourselves.
Country of origin: Italy.
Preparation and Usage: Ideal with fish! The perfect complement to meaty fish such as tuna or sword fish, or a tomatoey fish stew.
Package type: Bottle.
Other Information: EU Organic - IT-BIO-004, Agricoltura Italia.
Allergen Information: Contains Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites.
Dietary Information: Suitable for Vegans; Organic.
Grape variety: Nero d'Avola, Frappato.
Current vintage: 2018.
Regional information: The soil is famous for its red colour deriving from its iron richness. The topsoil is one meter deep, sitting on limestone.
Tasting notes: Ruby red colour, with violet flecks. On the nose, there are notes of morello cherries and caramel. The palate is mouth-filling, with excellent structure, soft tannins and a long finish.
Alcohol by volume: 14%.
Units: 10.5.
Serving suggestions: Perfect with pasta or cured meats.
Winemaker: Stefano Chioccioli.
Vinification details: The two grape varieties are vinified separately. The grapes are destemmed, but not crushed. Selected yeasts are added and fermentation takes place at 24-26°C.
