DONNAFUGATA - SHERAZADE Sicilia DOC
The red you don't expect, ideal for the aperitivo
Sherazade has a brilliant ruby red color with violet reflections. The nose offers a pleasantly fruity bouquet with fragrant notes of red plum and cherry, combined with light spicy and balsamic scents. The palate is fleshy and perfectly reflects the bouquet revealing an extraordinary freshness. The fine–grained tannins, complete this fragrant and pleasant wine.
Food & wine
We suggest it with fish soup, pizza or classic tomato spaghetti.
Excellent at 15 - 16°C/59 - 61°F°
Denomination
Sicilia DOC Nero d'Avola
Grapes
Production zone
Contessa Entellina Estate and Nearby Areas
Yield per hectar
7.5 - 8.5 t (3.0 - 3.4 t/acres)
Vinification
In stainless steel with maceration on the skins for about 6-8 days at a temperature of 25-28 °C (77-82°F).
Ageing
4 months in tanks and then for at least 3 months in the bottle
Alcohol and analytical data
alcohol: 13.05%
total acidity: 5.7 g/l
pH: 3.38
Ageing potential
Three to four years.
First vintage
2006
Food and wine pairings
Pasta with tuna and caper leaves
Stuffed calamari
Arancini al sugo (Rice croquettes with stuffing and sauce)
Coldpoached veal in tuna and anchovy mayonnaise sauce
Summertime turkey scaloppine
Artistic label
Sherazade, fascinating female protagonist of the Arabian Nights has a fruity flesh voice, wrapped in a spicy drape, that tells you the fairy tale of this masterpiece of Oriental literature. An intensely Mediterranean label in lush Donnafugata style that gives you an unforgettable tasting.
