Monreale Catarratto - Vigna di Mandranova

A skilful mix of the potential of the vine and the peculiarities of the land, Catarratto Vigna di Mandranova is an elegant wine, to be uncorked at special moments. Seductive and harmonious in its fruity and floral bouquet, it will surprise you with its pleasantly spicy and mineral finish.

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Soil type | hilly, sandy-loam soil with good skeletal content

Altitude | 450 meters a.s.l.

Year of planting | 1988

Production area | Contrada Mandranova, agro di Camporeale (PA)

Training system | espalier with Guyot training system

Plants per hectare | 4.000

Yield per hectare | 70 quintals

Harvest time | last week of September with manual harvest and selection of the bunches

Pressing | the grapes, destemmed and cooled, are then softly crushed in the absence of oxygen

Alcoholic fermentation | 15 days, in steel tanks, at low temperature (14-15 °C)

Maturation | in steel vats, 8 months on the fine lees at 10-12 °C, 10% of the mass matures for 8 months in 600 l French oak tonneaux

Bottle ageing | at least 6 months at controlled temperature (18 °C)

A family that has been involved in winemaking since the early 1900s, whose siblings Rosolino, Antonino and Natale, flanked by their children Anna, Benedetto and Benedetto, are the architects of a productive revolution centred on the vineyard and good winemaking practices, which has resulted in wines of great impact and structure, smooth, elegant and well-balanced.

Alessandro di Camporeale is a company where the new generations rediscover the pride of their own identity, sharing a production project that has solid roots in the history of this family. They are the three Alessandro cousins, the future of this winery which, with them, renews itself and looks to the third millennium with new passion and hope. From Anna, responsible for wine tourism and communication, to Benedetto, the oenologist who follows the entire production process, in the vineyard as well as in the cellar, to the other cousin, also Benedetto, responsible for marketing the family business. New human resources and new specialisations to continue, with confidence, a company history that has become the emblem of a wine-growing area of great value.