Italian wines in the world: Baglio Del Cristo di Campobello’s Lusirà

Color: Red Syrah
Year of production: 2014
Price: 24.00 euros
Annual production: 11,153 bottles
Denomination: Syrah DOC Sicilia
Aging: 14 months in French oak barrels and 14 months in bottle
Grapes: 100% Syrah

Syrah, a noble and ancient vine probably coming from Persia, in the luminous Sicily finds a favorable climate and territory. The Baglio del Cristo di Campbell winery, founded in 2000, with the help of the enologist Cotarella, was able to interpret and express the Sicilian character at its best with this rich, elegant and intense wine.
This wine was born on a deep ground, mixed limestone and chalky, of hilly lay, whose altitude varies between 230 and 270 meters above sea level, where about 5,000 plants per hectare are home (the yield is 80 ql). The grapes are harvested between the last ten days of September and the first of October 2014.
At the sight the Lusirà presents a beautiful compact color, intense red, with evident violet hues, consistent; to the nose it expresses notes of red fruit in spirit, pepper, spices and light balsamic sensations with rhubarb notes. In the mouth we find an explosion of taste sensations attributable to what is felt on the nose, with a finish of tobacco, spices but above all pepper. It is a dry, warm, sumptuous, structured, ample and intense wine, decidedly balanced with noble and velvety tannins, of good longevity, aided by the wooden passage in French oak barrels.
We recommend it with a roast meat, served at around 16/18 °C.