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Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG is a red wine produced in the south-eastern part of Sicily, born and developed around the city of Vittoria. The name Cerasuolo comes from the Sicilian term Cerasa which means “cherry”, which was chosen because of the wine’s cherry colour and flavour.
This red wine was born in the seventeenth century, when Vittoria Colonna Henriquez, Countess of Modica, founded the city that bears her name.
Since then and until the nineteenth century, the territory recorded a huge economic growth, thanks to the incentive of the cultivation of the vine, supported by an impressive conversion of crops and flourishing trades throughout the Mediterranean Sea.
At the end of the nineteenth century, the economic crisis following the epidemic of Fillossera marked the turning point that contributed to transforming wine production into a mass-production business.
The production area of the Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG and the Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico DOCG includes a vast area that includes territories in three neighboring provinces Ragusa, Caltanissetta and Catania. The area is bordered to the north by the Erei mountains, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, to the east by the Iblei mountains and to the west by the central-southern hills of the province of Caltanissetta.
Its vineyards embroider the landscape from the flat coastal to the hilly hinterland, reaching an altitude of about 350 m. The soils are calcareous, mainly sandy and clayey. The climate is typical of the Mediterranean region, with arid summers and mild winters.
The Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG designation of origin is reserved for red wines produced from grapes of the Nero d’Avola (Calabrese) vines for 50-70% and Frappato from 30% to 50%. 50% to 70% of Nero d’Avola and 30%.
The characteristics of the Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG and Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico DOCG wines determine their gustatory balance; in particular, from an organoleptic point of view, they have a typical colour, from cherry-red to purplish red, which tends to garnet with ageing; a floral to fruity scent for the Cerasuolo di Vittoria, which has a decidedly cherry connotation in the classic Cerasuolo di Vittoria; a dry, full, soft and harmonious flavour.
Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG goes very well with Sicilian dishes, such as arancini or risotto, and especially well with elaborate and spicy meat dishes. It is often paired as well with grilled fish.
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