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Noto Nero d'Avola DOC 'Santa Cecilia' 2017 (750 ml.) - Planeta
'Santa Cecilia' by Planeta is the flagship wine from the most important Sicilian variety: Nero d’Avola. It comes from a long search for the best place to make a great wine with this variety. The origin of this variety, where the DOC Noto insists, is at the southern end of Sicily. With its white lands and ancient vines it is the epicenter of Nero d'Avola cultivation. A wine that is an expression of elegance, power, balance and exaltation of the unique scents of the Sicilian lands, and today finally a reference point for the reds of native Sicilian grapes. Its name derives from that of our family: Planeta di Santa Cecilia.
- Product Category
- Red Wine
- Designation
- Noto DOC
- Grape / Raw material
- nero d'Avola
- Vintage - Cuvée
- 2017
- Size
- 750 ml.
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- IT - Sicily
- Alcohol Content
- 14% vol.
- Service Temperature
- 17° - 18° C.
- Suggested Glass
- Tulip glass very large
- Food Matches
- Roasted Beef, Asian Food, Fish plates, Red Meat
- Allergens
- Contains Sulphites
PLN-SANTA-CECILIA-2017
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Planeta and 'a trip to Sicily from west to east, that proceeds from Sambuca di Sicilia and Menfi as far as Vittoria, Noto and Etna. The stages of the "Journey" are the five wineries that Planeta has built within its own vineyards. Five boutique wineries', each inspired by the particular requirements of the Ulmo at Sambuca di Sicilia, the Cantina Piccola and Cantina Grande at Memphis, Dorilli in Vittoria, Buonivini in Noto; and soon it will join 'the sixth, Sciara Nuova on Etna. These are the places of Planeta winery that was founded in 1995 but has had a winemaking tradition handed down for 17 generations, and from the sixteenth century. A trip around Sicily and its greatest wines, a project aimed as much to the past as to the future. In this direction, the guideline of the project and 'extremely rigorous: to exalt the characteristics of these great vines cultivating them exclusively in their respective selected areas. So Nero d'Avola and Moscato Noto, Frappato in Vittoria, Grecanico in Sambuca and Memphis, and soon Carricante sul'Etna.L'altro project strand takes place in the arena in which we measure the best producers of the five continents. So Chardonnay, Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet: great classics of international enology interpreted by a territory that marks them in an unmistakable way, creating wines that are profoundly Sicilian as much as the great indigenous. Not to mention the varietal and territorial experimentation more 'push, almost visionary: the one that has resulted for the first time in Sicily a great Fiano.
Address:
Contrada Dispensa - 92013 Menfi (AG), Italy
Color: purple red tending towards violet
Bouquet: hints of fruit, black cherry and ripe plum mixed with citrus fruits, carobs and liquorice
Taste: vigorous and smooth structure for fresh and compact tannins.
- James Suckling 94/100
- Falstaff 94/100
- Wine Spectator 91/100
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THE WINE
'Santa Cecilia' by Planeta is the flagship wine from the most important Sicilian variety: Nero d’Avola. It comes from a long search for the best place to make a great wine with this variety. The origin of this variety, where the DOC Noto insists, is at the southern end of Sicily. With its white lands and ancient vines it is the epicenter of Nero d'Avola cultivation. A wine that is an expression of elegance, power, balance and exaltation of the unique scents of the Sicilian lands, and today finally a reference point for the reds of native Sicilian grapes. Its name derives from that of our family: Planeta di Santa Cecilia.
THE COMPANY
Established in 1995, Planeta is a Sicilian wine producer built on a long agricultural tradition handed down since 1500 through 17 generations in the area between Sambuca di Sicilia and Menfi.
Today Planeta represents not just one, but six ways of developing the territory, in six different settings. There are, in fact, six Planeta wine producing estates, each one with a specific research and development project. Ulmo, at Sambuca di Sicilia, Dispensa, at Menfi; Dorilli, at Victoria; Buonivini at Noto, Feudo di Mezzo at Etna in Castiglione di Sicilia, and finally, La Baronia, at Capo Milazzo. These are the Planeta locations, comprising a total surface area of 363 hectares of vineyards.
Through its family properties, Planeta can conduct a virtual journey around Sicily and its greatest wines. The stages are up-to-date and innovative yet consistent with a historical and ritualistic interpretation that elsewhere has almost been forgotten. Planeta's project calls for patient and meticulous research, never hurried, and looks just as much to the past as to the future. On the one hand, a deep bond with the oldest wine-making Sicilian tradition, with its heritage of native varieties: Grecanico, Carricante, Moscato di Noto, Frappato, Nerello Mascalese and Nero d'Avola.
On the other, the arena in which the greatest producers of the five continents are appraised for Chardonnay, Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet: magnificent classics of international enology interpreted by a territory which puts its unmistakable mark on them.
It is paramount to remember the most inspired and visionary varietal experimentation: it has resulted in obtaining for the first time in Sicily a Fiano with truly revolutionary features. And then,that unique green gold, the Planetas' other passion: extra virgin olive oil produced in the natural oasis of Capparrina, near the beaches of Menfi. The company's activity has one absolutely essential point of reference: environmental sustainability, achieved through landscape conservation, renewable energy, recycled materials and sustainable agriculture, with the utmost respect for the territory, cultural heritage and the communities within which the company operates.
Alessio, Francesca and Santi Planeta gave life to this project, but behind them they have the whole family, rooted in the reality of Sicilian agriculture for generations, beginning with Diego Planeta, considered the leading figure in the rebirth of the Sicilian wine industry in the last forty years. A brand, a family that has aimed at ambitious goals, following the lode-star of quality.