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Now Viewing: Donnafugata Historic Cellars
Now being distributed are the new vintages of Donnafugata’s standard-bearer wines, Chiarandà 2003 and Ben Ryé 2004, which confirm their worth and have some new features under the organoleptic point of view. Chiarandà 2003: the must obtained by gently pressing the grapes (50% Ansonica and 50% Chardonnay) was fermented at controlled temperatures and matured for six months on its yeasts, 70% of it in barrique, 30% in steel tanks. This further enhanced the wine’s fruit and elegance. Chiarandà’s complexity has also increased due to the use of French barriques of different capacities. Ben Ryé: highly popular for its alcohol-sugars-acid balance, will be memorable in the 2004 vintage for the aromatic finesse obtained from rainier weather than the island’s average and unusually mild summer temperatures.
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