Lebeg
- Production area
- Island of Pantelleria, Sicily, contrada Rekhale
- Soil
- Volcanic sandy loose with presence of pumice
- Exposure of the vineyards
- Terraced
- Vine variety
- Muscat of Alessandria (Zibibbo)
- Winemaking
- Manual harvesting in box for grapes. Raisining of a part of them on mats of reed. Long maceration of grapes in the must, pressing and very slow fermentation up to the in demand gradation
- System of breeding
- Sapling grapevine of Pantelleria creeping
- Type of pruning
- Short with 8-10 spurs
- Planting density
- 2500 stump per hectare
- Period
- Premature - 1st decade of August
- Fruit ripening
- In oak barrel, 80% for 3 years 20% for 2 years
Organoleptic table
Colour: Amber-coloured wine with coppery glints
Bouquet: Full bodied, ripe fruit and toasted orange peels flavour, sage and mint scent;
On the palate: ripe fruit and toasted orange peels flavour, sage and mint scent. Complex, full and rich body.
Temperature and serving: 12-14° C with seasoned cheeses, desserts, and dry sweets. 18-20° C as meditation wine
Bouquet: Full bodied, ripe fruit and toasted orange peels flavour, sage and mint scent;
On the palate: ripe fruit and toasted orange peels flavour, sage and mint scent. Complex, full and rich body.
Temperature and serving: 12-14° C with seasoned cheeses, desserts, and dry sweets. 18-20° C as meditation wine