Planeta Syrah Maroccoli

The Syrah is a Mediterranean variety of grape that is found in hot and dry environments, ideal conditions to truly express the grapes features. Sicily is definitely a territory with these characteristics and Planeta decided to vinify and bottle this grape variety as a single varietal wine, to better enhance its unique notes. At the beginning of September grapes are hand-harvested and put in boxes which are then brought to the winery for the de-stemming and pressing (bunches are de-stemmed and the grapes are pressed). They are then put in steel vats for the alcoholic fermentation with maceration which takes place in 12 days at a temperature of around 25° C. At the end of this process the wine is separated from the skins and aged in Allier barriques for 14 months where one third of these barrels are used for the very first time. Then wine is blended and bottled.