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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.
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.
Data sheet
- 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
- Scores
- James Suckling 94/100
- Food Matches
- Roasted Beef, Asian Food, Fish plates, Red Meat
- Tasting
- Color - purple purplish scent - hints of fruit, black cherry and ripe plum mixed with citrus, carob and liquorice - Palate - vigorous and smooth structure to cool and firm tannins.
Specific References
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Product Category - White Wine Designation - Terre Siciliane IGT Grape / Raw material - riesling Vintage - Cuvée - 2018 Size - 750 ml. Country - Italy Region - IT - Sicily Alcohol Content - 12.5% vol. Service Temperature - 8° - 10° C. Suggested Glass - Calyx thin long-stemmed Special Features - Limited Edition Food Matches - Pasta or Rice with Fish, Vegetables and Legumes, Fish plates, Rice & Risotto Tasting - Color: faint with green reflections.Bouquet: notes of white apple, plum, lemon and yellow flowers.Taste: perfectly dry, with a vibrant acidity and a clear sapidity that forms the backbone.
Riesling 'Eruzione 1614' by Planeta represents the first riesling produced on Etna and in the whole Sicily. The bunches come from vineyards placed at an altitude of 850 meters s.l.m. that sink their roots into the volcanic soil. a small vineyard of Riesling. An extraordinary variety that loves altitude and lava lands. A very interesting white, something new to try.
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Product Category - Red Wine Designation - Sicilia IGT Grape / Raw material - syrah Vintage - Cuvée - 2016 Size - 750 ml. Country - Italy Region - IT - Sicily Alcohol Content - 14.5% vol. Service Temperature - 16° – 18° C. Suggested Glass - Tulip glass very large Food Matches - Mixed cold cuts, Asian Food, Game Tasting - Color: intense ruby red tending to purple.Bouquet: aromatic faceted and intriguing, spices melted with red fruit jams, mint chocolate, black pepper and cinnamon.Taste: enveloping, rich and soft, with smooth tannins.
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Product Category - Red Wine Designation - Sicilia DOC Grape / Raw material - merlot Vintage - Cuvée - 2015 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 - Vegetables and Legumes, Fish plates, White Meat Tasting - Color: compact ruby red.Bouquet: very rich in sweet juice of blackcurrant andof candied violet, thyme and lavender.Taste: multifaceted and intriguing that combines the pleasantness of the tannin with an extraordinary gustative length.
'Sito dell’Ulmo' by Planeta is a pure Merlot and for some years also a Single Vineyard that comes from the vineyards on the shores of Lake Arancio. A red wine left to mature for over a year in barriques of great richness and power. Soft and elegant, of great longevity, it is an extraordinary expression of this noble grape.
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Product Category - Red Wine Designation - Sicilia DOC Variety - 91% Nerello Mascalese, 9% Nerello Cappuccio Vintage - Cuvée - 2016 Size - 750 ml. Country - Italy Region - IT - Sicily Alcohol Content - 13% vol. Service Temperature - 16° – 18° C. Suggested Glass - Tulip glass very large Scores - James Suckling 92/100, Wine Enthusiast 92/100, Robert Parker 91/100, Wine Spectator 91/100 Food Matches - Great Events, All Meal Tasting - Color: bright and transparent ruby red.Bouquet: beautiful and fine notes of red fruit in alcohol, rose, oriental spices and beeswax.Taste: typical tannins, smoothed by wood aging, fresh, persuasive, very elegant.
Nerello Mascalese 'Eruzione 1614' by Planeta bears a strongly evocative name for the Etna Cru based on Nerello Mascalese: the legendary eruption of 1614, which lasted 10 years, the longest of all time, stopped at the border of the vineyards of Sciaranuova. Black earth in altitude gives an elegant, fine and balanced style. Great.
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