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Marco De Bartoli
Terzavia Rosé
2022
3.9
1946 UAHQPR 0.61Region
Italy › Sicily › IGP Terre Siciliane
Type
rose · traditional · sparkling · extra-brut
Grapes
Perricone
Alcohol
11.5%
Volume
750 mL
Dosage
3.5 g/L
Disgorged
2024
On lees
12 months (1 year)
Tasting Notes(1)
· @Kyiv
3.9
Peachy-cider vibes with strawberry and apple purée, candied notes dancing around. The acidity's cranked up high, but the body goes missing - hollow where it should have substance. There's a tension running through it that never quite resolves, like a conversation that can't find its rhythm. Technically well-executed, sure - that fresh must instead of sugar for tirage is clever, the lees aging shows. But it's missing the magic of the white Terzavia. Honestly, those Testalonga pet-nats we had the same morning were more compelling - less polished maybe, but more alive.
About
3,500 Pignatello vines per hectare, planted about 20 years ago in Western Sicily, and trained with Guyot system. The yields are of 40 hectoliters per hectare, harvested starting the second-third week of Semptember. The clusters are manually selected and the grapes are chilled. A direct soft pressing of the whole clusters follows and, after a natural decanting of the must, fermentation starts in stainless steel at a controlled temperature (air conditioning). The fermentation is activated by wild yeasts (natural) and with a minimum use of sulfites Tirage with fresh must, instead of sugar, added in such quantities as to dilute alcohol content and to add a quantity of (natural) sugar suitable to second fermentation. Sugar contribution does not exceed 15%. The base wine ages for 12 months in stainless steel vats on its lees. After tirage, at least 14 months in bottle always on its own lees. Pas dosé.
