Aldo Viola Saignèe 2018

Saignèe IGP Terre Siciliane is a red wine produced by Aldo Viola, in Alcamo, Sicily. The Nerello Mascalese, Perricone and Syrah grapes are harvested and destemmed manually and ferment spontaneously in steel with indigenous yeasts. Maceration for a few days with subsequent bloodletting technique, refinement takes place in large exhausted wood for another 8 months. It is bottled without filtration, clarification or further additions. Total sulfur <20 mg/l. Saignèe IGP Terre Siciliane is a fresh and lively wine, light and dynamic, with hints of wild berries and blood orange on the nose, with spicy and balsamic hints of wild herbs. Try it with pasta alla norma

Producer: Aldo Viola

Saignèe IGP Sicilian Lands

️ Alcamo, Sicily, Italy

Purple wines

Nerello Mascalese 40%, Perricone 30%, Syrah 30%

2018

️  12%

Red wine

Manual harvest and spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts; maceration in steel for a few days with the bloodletting technique, then refinement in used tonneaux for 8 before bottling, without filtration, clarification, or addition of sulfur dioxide

Berries and blood orange, red flowers and wild herbs, balsamic and slightly spicy notes

Slender and light, fresh and salty, it has a discreet tannin and the finish is pleasantly persistent

Serving temperature 16°-18°

Pasta to the norm

A very successful experiment

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Aldo Viola is a natural wine producer from Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, in the western part of Sicily. Here he manages 16 hectares of vineyards without the use of systemic chemistry, planted mostly with native Sicilian grapes.

Nero d’Avola, Grillo, Catarratto, Nerello Macalese, Perricone and even Syrah, a grape that was adopted from this land. Aldo is young and charismatic, with many experiences behind him around the world, most recently in Denmark.

Aldo Viola’s wines represent an incredible terroir, among the most suitable on the entire island, and are produced in a traditional and sustainable way, respectful not only of nature but also of those who drink those labels, and of the memory of time. We are talking about unique and overwhelming wines, warm like a hug, fresh like sea water. Aldo thinks of wine as a real food, he doesn’t see it simply as a drink, they are produced with heart and generosity.

The harvest is obviously manual, in the cellar we proceed with spontaneous fermentations using indigenous yeasts, the malolactic fermentation takes place naturally. Sulphites are used in homeopathic doses, no filtration or clarification is required. Production is less than 40,000 bottles per year.