In the glass
Aroma: ripe cherry, dried fig, spice, Mediterranean herbs
Palate: dark cherry, mineral clay, firm tannin, long herbal finish
The Baronj contrada produces a more herbal-mineral Nero d'Avola than Bufaleffj, with a finer-grained tannic structure and exceptional length.
What it pairs with
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Wild rabbit cacciatore
Herbal mineral profile and firm tannin perfectly complement herb-braised rabbit. -
Grilled aged beef tagliata
The wine's structure and dark fruit stand up to charred, dry-aged beef. -
Pasta al cinghiale
Rich wild boar sauce needs the depth and structure of this single-contrada wine.
History
Baronj is another of the historical Pachino contrade where Gulfi identified pre-phylloxera Nero d'Avola vines. Each contrada bottling explores the micro-terroir variations across the ibleo plateau.
- 1999 — Single-contrada Baronj Nero d'Avola first bottled
Facts
- Producer
- Gulfi
- Grapes
- Nero d'Avola (100%)
- Classification
- Eloro DOC
- Oak
- Aged in large Slavonian oak casks and French barriques, 16 months
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 30-45 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5-15 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1999
- Organic
- ORGANIC CERTIFIED