Rosso del Conte
Estate Regaleali
Rosso del Conte
Vintage 2016
San Lucio was the first large vineyard established on the Regaleali Estate, from which the first and subsequent editions of Rosso del Conte were created. It covers about 7 hectares, of which 5.5 were planted in 1959 with mixed plants of Perricone and Nero d’Avola, while a portion of about 1.5 hectares was planted in 1965 solely with Nero d’Avola. The vineyard is 480 metres above sea level, with a south-south-east exposure. The soil is yellowish brown, loamy-sandy, partly calcareous, with a slight amount of skeleton; the pH is slightly alkaline (8.5). The oldest vineyard of Regaleali usually gives a medium level of vigour to the vines, a prerequisite for the balanced ripening of red medium-late grapes. It is capable of resisting the effects of extreme climates, whether hot or cold, and produces only a few grams of grapes per plant, but of an incredible constancy in quality. The vines are cultivated as bushes, the oldest and most widespread technique in the semi-arid regions of the Mediterranean. The planting density, amounting to 4,400 plants per hectare, is also classic, and is realised by placing the vines at a distance of 1.5 metres from each other. At Regaleali, short pruning is adopted for red varieties, with three-four spurs of two buds.
Often short pruning is carried out in association with a brace for tying up the shoots that develop from the spurs.
The two varieties, Perricone and Nero d’Avola, have a similar vegetative cycle: they are fairly late grapes, which ripen on average between the end of September and the beginning of October. Faithful expression of the territory from which it comes – the high hills in the centre of Sicily – on an aromatic level, Rosso del Conte never exceeds in overripe notes while still ensuring a full phenolic maturation. Exuberant, vibrant, energetic in its youth, with ageing it develops a velvety tactile texture, without losing tone or taste progression. In its long history, it has known different stylistic variations, in particular in the technique of ageing: chestnut barrels, Slavonian oak, small French oak barrels. However, it always maintains its unique identity.
- Grapes: Nero d’Avola (53%), Perricone (47%)
- Appellation: Red – Contea di Sclafani DOC
- Growing area: Regaleali Estate – Palermo – Sicily
- Vineyard: Vigna San Lucio
- Year of planting: 1965
- Elevation: 480 m a.s.l.
- Exposure: South/West
- Training system: bush
- Pruning system: short spur
- Vines per ha: 4,400
- Yields per ha: 67 ql
- Harvest: September 29th
- Fermentation: traditional for reds in stainless steel tanks
- Fermentation temperature: 20°C at start 28°C at finish
- Length of fermentation: 20 days
- Malolactic fermentation: full
- Ageing: 225-liter French oak barrels (Allier and Tronçais) all new, for 18 months Alcohol content: 14% Vol.
- Wine analytical data: pH 3.45 – TA 6.7 g/l – RS 2.4 g/l – TE 30.1 g/l
awards
- Event: 24° Fiera Vitivinicola
- Year: 1978
- Prize or title conferred: Grande Diploma e Gran Medaglia d'Oro
- Vintage: 1975
- Event: 1° Banco d'Assaggio dei Vini D'Italia - Torgiano
- Year: 1981
- Prize or title conferred: Diploma e Medaglia d'Oro
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- Event: 5° Banco d'Assaggio dei Vini d'Italia - Torgiano
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- Prize or title conferred: Diploma e Medaglia d'Oro
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- Event: International Wine Challenge - Londra
- Year: 1985
- Prize or title conferred: Medaglia d'Oro
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- Event: "Il Vino" The Italian Wine Competition - New York
- Year: 1986
- Prize or title conferred: Medaglia di Bronzo
- Vintage: 1981
- Event: Concorso Enologico - Selezione Regionale - Palermo
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- Prize or title conferred: 1° Premio ex aequo al vino
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- Event: 1° Selezione Nazionale dei Vini d'Autore - Venezia
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- Event: Vinexpo 1993 - Challenge International du Vin - Bordeaux
- Year: 1993
- Prize or title conferred: Diplome de Medaille d'Or
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- Event: International Wine&Spirit Competition - Londra
- Year: 1994
- Prize or title conferred: Medaglia di Bronzo
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- Year: 1991
- Prize or title conferred: Premio Nazionale Etichetta d'Oro
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- Prize or title conferred: 88/100 points
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- Prize or title conferred: 90/100 points
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- Event: 17° Banco d'Assaggio dei Vini d'Italia - Torgiano
- Year: 1997
- Prize or title conferred: Diploma e Medaglia d'Oro
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- Event: Expovina 97 - Premiazione Int. Di Vino - Zurigo
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- Prize or title conferred: Diploma d'Oro
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- Prize or title conferred: Medaglia d'Oro
- Vintage: 2000
- Event: Expovina - Zurigo
- Year: 2003
- Prize or title conferred: Gold Diplom
- Vintage: 2000
- Event: Il Banco d'Assaggio del Nero d'Avola
- Year: 2003
- Prize or title conferred: Miglior Nero d'Avola
- Vintage: 2000
- Event: Wine Enthusiast
- Year: 2003
- Prize or title conferred: 91/100 points
- Vintage: 2000
- Event: Gambero Rosso - Roma
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- Year: 2003
- Prize or title conferred: Gran Prix
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- Year: 2004
- Prize or title conferred: Medaglia d'Oro
- Vintage: 2001
- Event: Banco d'Assaggio Regionale del Nero d'Avola
- Year: 2004
- Prize or title conferred: 1° Classificato
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- Year: 2004
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- Year: 2004
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- Year: 2004
- Prize or title conferred: 89/100 points
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- Year: 2004
- Prize or title conferred: Bronze
- Vintage: 2000
- Event: International Challenge - Vietnam
- Year: 2004
- Prize or title conferred: Gold Medal
- Vintage: 2000
- Event: International Challenge - Vietnam
- Year: 2004
- Prize or title conferred: Best International Red Wine Trophy
- Vintage: 2000
- Event: Guida L'Espresso
- Year: 2004
- Prize or title conferred: 17/20 punti
- Vintage: 2001
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- Year: 2004
- Prize or title conferred: 91/100 points
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- Prize or title conferred: 91/100 points
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- Year: 2005
- Prize or title conferred: 4 Grappoli
- Vintage: 2002
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- Year: 2005
- Prize or title conferred: Medaglia d'Argento
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- Prize or title conferred: 90/100 points
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- Year: 2006
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- Year: 2007
- Prize or title conferred: 3 Bicchieri
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- Year: 2008
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- Year: 2008
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- Year: 2010
- Prize or title conferred: 92 points
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- Prize or title conferred: 89 points
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- Prize or title conferred: 93 points
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- Event: Robert Parker.com
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- Prize or title conferred: 89 points
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- Prize or title conferred: 93 points
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- Year: 2010
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- Vintage: 2006
- Event: Robert Parker.com
- Year: 2010
- Prize or title conferred: 94 points
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- Year: 2010
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- Year: 2010
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- Event: The Wine Advocate- Robert Parker
- Year: 2011
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- Year: 2012
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- Year: 2013
- Prize or title conferred: 92 points
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- Year: 2015
- Prize or title conferred: 90 points
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- Year: 2015
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- Year: 2015
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- Year: 2016
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- Year: 2016
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- Year: 2017
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- Year: 2017
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- Vintage: 2012
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- Year: 2017
- Prize or title conferred: 93 points
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