Description
Grapes: White grapes
Cultivation area: Marsala (West Sicily)
Alcohol content: 13,8° by volume
Aging: 3 months in steel
Available formats: 75cl with cork cap
Service temperature: 6- 10° C
Food matching: Cheese, meat and spicy food
Production process: Orange wine comes from a late pick up of white grapes that are subsequently fermented with the skin for several weeks. This process extracts the colour and the aromas of the grapes extensively and creates the orange tone. (It does not taste of orange, it is not done with oranges).
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Vines: White grapes (Catarratto)
Land: Marsala
Alcohol content: 13.8 vol.
Aging: 3 months in steel
Sizes available: 75cl with satin cap
Serving temperature: 6- 10 hl C
Food pairing: Cheeses, meats, fatty fish, salami, cold cuts, chopping boards, spicy or spicy foods.
Production process: Orange wine comes from a late harvest of white grapes that are subsequently fermented with the skins for several weeks. This process intensely extracts the color and aromas of the skins and creates the orange hue. (The wine does not taste of oranges and is not made with oranges)
Store in a cool place
HISTORY OF WINE
Orange wine is an archaic wine that was produced in Sicily until more than 200 years ago. Since in those times there were no refrigeration or wine storage systems, Sicilians needed a meal wine, but robust that could be kept over time. So they produced wines from white grapes where there was a late harvest and fermentation was done with skins. In this way they produced a robust and long-lasting wine.
The term Orange comes only from the color of the wine, in fact the wine does not taste of orange and is not made with oranges.
It’s a wine made from white Sicilian grapes ( Catarratto, Inzolia) that goes well with spicy foods and white meat. It has a tannic, alcoholic and persistent taste. It resembles more a red wine than a white wine, although it is made with white berried grapes.
It ‘a wine very linked to the wine tradition of Marsala, in fact even today in our territory is commonly called “Altogrado”.
There is no specific specification for this product even if it has been done for hundreds of years. In fact, this Sicilian wine is labelled as a white wine although it does not have the classic characteristics of this type of wine.
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