Porta del Venti Voria Frizzante Rosso

Region: Monreale DOC < Sicily < Italy Grapes: Perricone Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified organic/biodynamic farming, 50 year old vines clay/limestone soils; harvested by hand in small crates then made inthe ancestral method, fermented in concrete, re-fermention in bottle with the addition of grape must, not filtered and not disgorged; 12.5% ABV Winemaker: Marco Sferlazzo Porta del Vento, situated high up the side of a mountain in a valley in the Alcamo and Monreale DOC appellation areas, is home to a biodiverse farm with ten hectares of old-vine Catarratto and Perricone. The area is very windy, with great day-night temperature swings, and the vines have a northern orientation to avoid the hot afternoon heat - both factors that ensure freshness and acidity in the wines. Marco uses only organic appropriate sulphur- and copper-based products that are hand-sprayed directly onto the plants if necessary, to avoid the accumulation of substances in the soil.  These are all unusual pract