
Ulvalsole White Moscato, Marabino 2023
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£39.00
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Situated in the south-east of Sicily in the heart of the Noto Valley (on a latitude south of Tunis), Marabino own 30 hectares of vineyards on low hills, enjoying a
generally mild microclimate until Summer with average temperatures reaching some of the highest on the island, tempered by proximity to the sea. The soil is
predominantly calcareous clay, the altitude varies between 30 and 80 metres above sea level, and high-density planting on slopes allows maximum exposure whilst harnessing the cooling prevailing winds of the region. As a result consistently well-ripened grapes can be selected and harvested by hand, and then fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts. The young team at Marabino’s mission is to work in harmony with Mother Nature, to produce wines that are free from synthetic chemicals from the vineyard to the cellar to capture a true expression of the Noto Valley.
The winemaking takes place with the skins, the fermentation occurs in steel until it comes to a natural stop caused by the concentration of sugars and alcohol. Uvalsole is a “Fortified Moscato”, which we obtain by fortifying the “Passito Moscato” with the “acquavite” produced from the same wine from which it originates: part of our Moscato wine is in fact delivered to the distillery to produce acquavite of white Moscato grapes, obtained with bain-marie distillation in a discontinuous alembic still. Once assembled, the wine ages in the bottle until the spring following the harvest.
Sweet, full and intense, with typical nuances of sun-dried grapes
Grape: White Moscato
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