Passopisciaro 2006 Igt Passopisciaro

The nerello mascalese that we picked in 05 was tight, classic wine material. After a fairly cool year the weather made it possible, if barely, to hold our pickings until way into november. Year after year we are seeing how the dry Alcantara valley and the nerello grape's way of ripening completely (even though this can happen at any time of the month of november) make it possible to have fine and beautifully diverse vintages . The incredible difference of soils (because of lava spills) and altitudes ( because of the steepness of the north side) are worked into the character of this vintage so that this wines have a unique marking, more than it happens in other terroirs.

Total surface 8 hectares
Plants density 9.000 plants per hectare
Altitude 1000, 900, 820, 650 meters asl where nerello was harvested from the 12th to the 25th of november
Adverage age 60-80 years
Yield 40 quintals per hectare