Rosso Terre Siciliane Halara 2023
Halarà red wine comes from a vineyard recovered by Vignaioli Amici, in Contrada Abbadessa in Marsala.
The vines, cultivated with the Marsala sapling system, are Parpato, a rarity now on the island. The soil is mostly composed of very compact clays and limestone in the subsoil. The six brilliant minds worked in the cellar with a bit of experimentation to understand, how this grape variety, unknown to almost everyone, would behave.
A portion of the grapes were crushed-stemmed and fermented on the skins for about 25 days. The remaining grapes (about 40%), on the other hand, were whole cluster crushed and macerated for two weeks.
Spontaneous fermentation took place in steel containers, and aging lasted 6 months and took place in contact with the fine lees.
Halara
"Pole Pole" in Swahili language, in the territories of Kenya and Tanzania, means "slowly" and there is no tourist who, for at least the time of stay, does not make this philosophy his own.
The same thing happens to the now consolidated "Holiday Group" of 6 very friendly and talented winemakers who took inspiration from this philosophy in Greece where "Halarà" to the Hellenic translation of "do it calmly" or, if you prefer, "relax and reflect".
The idea then arose from the moment in which this blessed vineyard, not far from the vineyards of Nino Barraco, risks being lost forever. Our farmers roll up their hands and decide to keep it. The Marsalese sapling plants, grow in Marsala, with a beautiful northern exposure, kissed by the sun and the Mediterranean wind.
The white berry is from Catarratto and the red berry from Parpato, an almost extinct grape and on which I have been loses premium vinifications and if positive positive responses have increased.
The group of 6 talented winemakers is made up of Nino Barraco, Giovanni Scarfone (Bonavita), Francesco Ferreri (Tanca Nica), Corrado and Valeria Dottori (La Distesa), Francesco De Franco (A 'Vita) and Stefano Amerighi from that of Cortona.
A dream for all artisanal wine enthusiasts to see them together and even more to taste a common wine.
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