ALMA NOCTIS
Passito di Pantelleria DOP
Alma Noctis is produced with the Zibibbo grapes cultivated “ad alberello”, creeping very low on the ground and growing protected by dry stone walls. The grapes are then dried – in part or in whole – in the sun.
Golden yellow colour with amber reflections, Alma Noctis has scents of raisins, dates and dried apricots; aromatic, sweet and persistent on the palate.
Excellent as meditation wine, it pairs best with blue cheeses or aged and spicy cheeses, almond cookies or cakes, cassata siciliana and typical Sicilian desserts.
Best served at 10-12°C
TECHNICAL SHEET
GRAPE VARIETY
Zibibbo (Alexandria Muscat or Moscatellone)
PRODUCTION AREA
Sicily, Pantelleria Island
TERROIR
Volcanic, loose, alluvial with presence of pumice
ALTITUDE
Terraces at about 300 mt above sea level
PRODUCTION PER HECTAR
4000-5000 kg
MAXIMUM YIELDS OF GRAPES TO WINE
40%
PLANTING DENSITY
2.500 vines per hectare
CULTIVATION
Ad alberello basso (low head-trained bush vine) almost creeping and hand labor
AGE OF VINES
15-85 years
TIME OF HARVEST
Second decade of August – first decade of September
VINIFICATION
Manual harvesting of grapes into crates, drying in part or whole on cane mats, long maceration of grapes in must, crushing of dried grapes and very slow fermentation during which dried grapes are added several times, fermentation at controlled temperature
AGING – REFINEMENT
In stainless steel for at least 18 months
