Pianogrillo

About Winery and Wines

The new winery’s cellar was built in 2014 and it is equipped with state-of-the-art eco-friendly systems, it contains winemaking vats of 50 hectolitres and truncated cone shaped maceration vats of 25 hectolitres, as well as barrels and a modified atmosphere bottling plant (inert gas: nitrogen). We use our indigenous micro-flora from the vineyards and/or selected yeasts.

Extension: 4 hectares of vines / 2 additional hectares under development Mean elevation: 480m above sea level Type of soil: marl (calcareous clay-based soil) Rootstock RU.140 Vine pruning and training systems: Guyot, Alberello a pedale d’olivo, Cordone speronato (spurred cordon), Alberello (derived from ancient Greek viticultural techniques - the vines have no wires or support and grow low and densely in the vineyard) Cultivars: Grillo, Grecanico and Carricante (Sicilian white grape varieties); Nero d'Avola and Frappato (Sicilian red grape varieties). Total production: 30,000 bottles (harvest 2015)