Tenuta Rapitala

SummaryNero d’Avola vinified on its own gives this wine an exciting red color, an aroma of ripe fruit and a typical, deep, balanced flavor. Campo Reale, named after a town close to the estate, comes from vineyards at the heart of the Tenuta Rapitalà, grown on gentle hills at 1,300 feet above sea level which, because of their history, terrain and climate, creates a Nero d’Avola with a particular elegance, rare among others of this type.Terroir: Selected parcels of vines at 1,300 feet above sea...

Summary:Alto Nero d'Avola represents the newest release from Tenuta Rapitala. This single vineyard wine is an elegant expression of Sicily's most important grape.Terroir: Alto is sourced from a single high altitude vineyard on a 12 acre parcel of Rapitala's 500+ acres estate. The vineyard lies between at a high elevation of 1,300 to 1,700 feet and is planted to 10 year old cordon-spur trained Nero d'Avola vines. The terrain is dry and steep forcing the vines to dig deep into the barren soil....