Iron & Rose
Valdibella, Kerasos, Sicily, Italy
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Who - Valdibella Cooperative
Where - Camporeale, Sicily, Italy
What - Red Wine - Nero d'Avola
How - Organic, destemmed, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel, 10-12 day maceration, undergoes spontaneous malolactic fermentation, 6 months maturing in steel, minimal sulphur/additions, vegan
Valdibella is a cooperative mixed farm of growers with the common goal of promoting biodiversity across their farmland through organic and regenerative farming as well as having an active focus on social impact through the 'Jonathan' project that reaches out to help disadvantaged members of the community and as the Adiopizzo anti-mafia movement. They produce wine, wheat and pasta, almonds and oil, vegetables and legumes, grown on hillsides around Camporeale, 35km southwest of Palermo.
'Kerasos' comes from the Greek word for cherry as this is the most distinctive flavour character of the grape this wine is made from, the Sicilian workhorse, Nero d’Avola.
The grapes are gently destemmed, fermentation commences naturally in stainless steel tanks and lasts between 8 and 14 days with the wine remaining on the skins the whole time with occasional pump overs. After pressing the wine is returned to the tanks for 10-11 months before bottling.
