1 BOTTLE OF 50cl.

Alcohol content: 14,5%

Appellation: Passito di Pantelleria, DOC.

Variety: 100% Zibibbo.

Territory: Contrada Bukkuram, Pantelleria Island (TP),

200 m above sea level, southwest exposure.

Vineyard area (ha): 4.

Vineyard age: 35 to 50 years.

Soil: Volcanic, hilly-terraced.

Training system: Pantelleria bush vines; 2,500

vines per hectare.

Total SO2: 48 mg/l.

Reducing sugars: 165 g/l.

Acidity: 8 g/l.

Harvest: Manual, second week of August and

first week of September.

Yield per hectare (hl): 25.

Vinification: 50% of the grapes are dried in the sun

for at least four weeks in special drying rooms,

bounded by thick lava stone walls. The remaining

grapes ripen on the vine until September. Once

fermentation is advanced, the previously dried

grapes are added and left to macerate for about three months

until a balanced ratio between the

alcohol and residual sugar is achieved.

Aging: 30 months in 225-liter French oak barrels

and 6 months in stainless steel tanks.

Number of bottles produced: 4,990.

First vintage: 1984