“Jalé" Chardonnay Terre Siciliane IGT 2024

Cusumano | Tenuta Ficuzza | Sicily
Cusumano S.r.l. | SS 113 Km 307 | Contrada San Carlo | IT 90047 Partinico

19080424 · 0,75 l · 28,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

700 to 800 metres above sea level, in the Piana degli Albanesi south of Palermo – where Sicily stops being what you expect it to be. Tenuta Ficuzza is located in the heart of an extensive nature reserve, with forests, Mediterranean scrub and vineyards woven into the landscape like a mosaic. Chardonnay has found a home here that makes it reminiscent of Burgundy – without copying it. Jalé comes from the historic single vineyard "del Ventaglio", named after its fan shape. The altitude creates temperature fluctuations that Chardonnay rarely gets on this island: slow ripening, cool fruit, natural tension. Hand-picked at the beginning of August, cold maceration, fermentation in old Liters oak barrels – no new wood to cover up, but silent integration. Six months sur lies, then bottled.

Straw yellow with golden reflections, pineapple, mango and citrus peel, embedded in fine toasted and spicy notes – creamy body, but with the mineral line of a wine that knows where it comes from. SUPERIORE.DE

"Intense, radiant straw yellow with golden reflections. Lots of beeswax, ripe yellow peach and a hint of vanilla on the nose. Beautiful tension on the palate, juicy fruit, lively acidity, animating, mouth-watering final." Falstaff