Donnafugata Lighea

Donnafugata Lighea is a wine made from 100% Moscato di Alessandria (Zibibbo) cultivated in the beautiful island of Pantelleria. Zibibbo is typically used for the production of dessert wines but Donnafugata Lighea is a dry and quite innovative wine. Lighea is the name of a character in a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, he describes Lighea like a mermaid with blonde sun-colored hairs and green eyes, this character given its name to the wine Donnafugata Lighea. The Zibibbo grapes are harvested and taken to the cellar for gentle pressing, the musts ferment in stainless steel tanks for 15 days at a controlled temperature of 16-17 ° C to allow the yeast to express the aromatic finesse that characterizes the variety Moscato di Alessandria. Donnafugata Lighea is aged in steel for several months before blending and bottling.