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Jalè 2019 Salealto 2018 Tenuta Ficuzza

Jalé: From the historical vineyard called “del ventaglio” for its distinctive fan-shaped. This Chardonnay charms thanks to its intensity, freshness and neatness. Thanks to both altitude and temperature excursion, the Chardonnay grapes fully develops its fruity aromas. The fermentation takes place in small 225-litre oak barrels where the wine ages six months before bottling. Salealto traces the history of King Ferdinand IV of Bourbon and the Real Casina di Caccia of Ficuzza. In this place, in 1800, the sovereign kept his own wine, produced with grapes from vineyards located in the surroundings of our Ficuzza estate. We imagined how the wine drunk by the King could have been, and after a few years of experimentation Salealto 2018 was born; a "vin du terroir" obtained from Insolia, Grillo and Zibibbo in equal parts, vinified separately and then refined together.