Grape variety: 100% Catarratto

Type: Sicilia Indicazione Geografica Tipica

Harvesting technique: manual, first ten days of September

Vinification: soft grape crushing and must fermentation at controlled temperature for about 55 days.

Maturation: 95% in inox tanks, 5% in 500 Lt new tonneau for about 7 months. At least one month in bottle before marketing 

The traditional Catarratto grapes, from vineyards older than twenty years, grow at Giabbascio on reddish and fresh sandy earth, and followed a slow and constant ripening trend. The result was ripe grapes with significant acidity.

Terre Rosse di Giabbascio is dedicated to Pio La Torre and to his never-ending struggle for peace and justice.

Tasting: Very bright pale yellow, with green-gold hues, it has an elegant smell, with notes of tropical fruits and broom flowers, enriched with touches of almond and pervaded with a mineral scent. Soft, fresh, and encompassing in the mouth, in perfect consistency with the olfactory sensations. Long-lasting and rich fruity aftertaste.  

GIABBASCIO VINEYARD DATA SHEET

Region: Giambascio

Location: San Giuseppe Jato (PA)

Origin: seized from Genovese, of the Brusca mafia clan

Altitude: 400 m. above sea level

Soil characteristics: sandy

Planting year: 1989

Training style: VSP trellis

Pruning style: guyot

Planting density: 1.25 x 2.50

Varieties: Catarratto

Yield per ha: 8 tons

Harvesting time and technique: mid-September, manual