VINO PERPETUO
Altrimenti is Menfi’s traditional "house wine" produced with the technique of perpetual aging in a single oak barrel, where a 25-30% of younger wine is added every year to the older wine that is already being aged.
Made with grapes grown in Dietro le Case vineyard, this wine testifies to the complex personality and extraordinary aging capacity of Inzolia, the most traditional and identifying grape variety of Menfi’s terroir.
The grapes are handpicked the first half of September, when they are fully ripe. The traditional pruning system - called "a pezzo e spalla" - and the age of the vines, allow slow constant ripening cycles and a great aromatic concentration.
The fermentation is spontaneous, with 2 days skin contact. After soft pressing, the fermentation continues for 8 days in steel tanks. After malolactic is completed, the wine refines on fine lees for about 4 months and is then racked into one single oak barrel, where it ages in perpetuum with its sediment.
The wine is bottled directly from the barrel no more than 2-3 times every decade.
Altrimenti has a bright amber color, enlivened by golden hues. Its nose is predominantly tertiary, where fruity notes of apricot and ripe figs blend onto an intense and aromatic herbal background, enriched by roasted and dried nuts.
It is dry and full bodied to the palate, with a distinct savory personality that harmoniously meets a tannic finish.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 54 - 58 °F
Pour Altrimenti in wide glasses, at a fresh but not chilled temperature.
Please avoid freezers and blast chillers, as well as a prolonged time in your home refrigerator: this wine is not filtered nor fined, and any temperature below 40 °F will mortify its complex aromas.
