MOOD - Frappato Spumante I.G.T Terre Siciliane - Metodo Ancestrale - Paolo Calì

Paolo Calì is a professional pharmacist with a passion for winemaking, which he inherited from his father. He started his own winery and has the ambition to produce real wines, free from conceptual schemes, free not to pursue fashion and free to excite.

The Frappato vines for the MOOD rosè sparkling wine grow in Paolo Calì’s vineyards consisting of salty sandy soil near the south coast of Sicily outside the town of Vittoria. This is a location very influenced by the climate created by the closeness to the sea.

The Ancestral Method is a winemaking method is a process dating back to ancient times that maintains a naturalness of the grapes. At the time of harvest the grapes undergo an immediate pressing of the bunches; then cold static decantation and partial fermentation at a controlled temperature take place in stainless steel tanks. Fermentation is blocked at a precise sugar content, necessary to ensure the resumption of the fermentation after bottling and, without the further addition of sugars and yeasts, the wine finishes the alcoholic fermentation in the bottle. The wine is left to mature unfiltered in the bottles for a period before release.