2022 Feudo Arancio Stemmari 'Hedonis' Riserva Sicilia

Production area: The exposure - completely to the East - favors direct irradiation from the first light of the morning, immediately after the coldest moment of the day, resulting in a sort of limited temperature range directly on clusters and leaves.

Grapes:  Nero d'Avola

Hedonis offers a broad aromatic profile, with notes of dried red fruit (plum, black cherry and raspberry), accompanied by hints of mustard and sweet spices. The wood maturation adds delicate touches of vanilla, almond and tobacco. The palate reveals a powerful, velvety, viscous, and juicy structure, with soft tannins. The finish is fresh, elegant, and enveloping, as is typical of the variety.

Vinification: The rich, slightly clayey soils and the warm climate, with cool nights, allow for perfect grape ripening, with harvest occurring around mid-September. A portion of the grapes undergoes fermentation and alcoholic maceration, with repeated pumping over to extract color and tannic components. After malolactic fermentation, the wine matures in new French and American oak barriques.

A second portion of the grapes is left to ripen further in the vineyards, until the pips have fully darkened and the berries have slightly lost their turgidity. After fermentation and alcoholic maceration, the wine obtained from this brief over-ripening is refined in wood to preserve the characteristic notes of black fruit.

At the end of the maturation period the wine is blended, creating a distinctive, rich, and elegant aromatic union.

Alcohol content 14%