Sicily Flashcards
What is Catarratto and where is it grown?
A white grape
- Etna DOC - Bianco maximum 40% Catarratto Bianco Comune or Cataratto Bianco Lucido
- Monreale DOC - varietal Catarratto, Bianco/Bianco Superiore/Vendemmia Tardiva minimum 50% Catarratto and/or Ansonica
- Menfi DOC - Varietal Catarratto, Bianco/Spumante Bianco/Vendemmia Tardiva/Passito Bianco blending grape
- Contea di Sclafani DOC - Bianco: minimum 95% Catarratto
- Marsala DOC - Marsala Oro and Marsala Ambra - Grillo, Ansonica (Inzolia), Catarratto, Damaschino
- Sciacca DOC - Bianco: minimum 70%, alone or combined, Inzolia, Chardonnay, Catarratto, Rayana Riserva: minimum 80% Catarratto Lucido and/or Inzolia
- Santa Margherita di Belice DOC - Varietal Catarrato, Bianco: 50% - 70% Grecanico and/or Catarratto Bianco Lucido
What is Ansonica and where is it grown?
A white grape - Inzolia (Sicily), Ansonica (Tuscany)
- Bivongi DOC (Calabria) - Bianco blending grape
- Maremma Toscana DOC - Varietal Ansonica - Spumante, Passito, Vendemmia Tardiva
- Monreale DOC - Varietal Ansonica (Inzolia), Bianco/Bianco Superiore/Vendemmia Tardiva minimum 50% Catarratto and/or Ansonica
- Menfi DOC - Varietal Ansonica, Bianco/Spumante Bianco/Vendemmia Tardiva/Passito Bianco blending grape
- Marsala DOC - Marsala Oro, Marsala Ambra Grillo, Ansonica (Inzolia), Catarratto, Damaschino
- Mamertino/Mamertino di Milazzo DOC - Grillo-Ansonica (Inzonica) or Ansonica-Grillo - 100% Grillo and Ansonica with a minimum 20% of each.
- Vittoria DOC - Varietal Ansonica/(Insolia/Inzolia)
- Elba DOC - Varietal Ansonica Ansonica Passito and Bianco/Bianco Spumante/Vin Santo 10-70%
- like 10 other DOC(G)s
What is Grecanico and where is it grown?
A white grape - Garganega (Veneto) Grecanico Dorato (Sicily)
- Sicilia DOC - Varietal Grecanico, several “Two-Varietal” wine combos, Bianco/Bianco Vendemmia Tardiva, Spumante
- Menfi DOC - Varietal Grecanico, Bianco/Spumante Bianco/Vendemmia Tardiva/Passito Bianco blending grape
- Sciacca DOC - Varietal Grecanico
- Santa Margherita di Belice DOC - Varietal Grecanico and Bianco - 50% - 70% Grecanico and/or Catarratto Bianco Lucido
- Sambuca di Sicilia DOC - Varietal Grecanico
- Erice DOC - Varietal Grecanico
- Delia Nivolelli DOC - Varietal Grecanico, Bianco and Spumante
- Contessa Entellina DOC - Varietal Grecanico
- Alcamo DOC - Varietal Grecanico, Bianco/Bianco Spumante/Vendemmia Tardiva: blending grape
What is a synonym for Nero d’Avala?
Calabrese
What is a synonym for Nero d’Avala?
Calabrese
Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
- Province
- Style
Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
- Ragusa, Caltanissetta, Catania
- Denominazione (Rosso): 50-70% Nero d’Avola (Calabrese), 30-50% Frappato
- Cerasuolo di Vittoria
- Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico
What is Perricone and where is it grown?
A red grape AKA Pignatello
- Sicilia DOC - Varietal Perricone, “Two-Variety” wine, Rosato/Rosso/Rosso Riserva/Rosso Vendemmia Tardiva
- Monreale DOC - Varietal Perricone, Rosso/Rosso Riserva/Novello - minimum 50% Calabrese and/or Perricone
- Menfi DOC - Varietal Rosato & Rosso, Perricone Riserva, Rosato/Rosso/Rosso Riserva/Passito Rosso
- Contea di Sclafani DOC - Rosso: Nero d’Avola and/or Perricone
- Marsala DOC - Marsala Rubino - Perricone, Calabrese (Nero d’Avola), and Nerello Mascalese; plus a max. 30% white grapes
- Erice DOC - Varietal Perricone (Pignatello)
- Delia Nivolelli DOC - Varietal Perricone (Pignatello)
- Alcamo DOC - Rosato/Rosato Spumante/Rosso/Rosso Novello/Rosso Riserva
What is Damaschino and where is grown?
A White grape
- Sicilia DOC - Varietal Damaschino
- Menfi DOC - Varietal Damaschino
- Marsala DOC - Marsala Oro, Marsala Ambra - Grillo, Ansonica (Inzolia), Catarratto, Damaschino
- Delia Nivolelli DOC - Varietal Damaschino, Spumante - minimum 85%, alone or combined, Grecanico, Inzolia, Grillo, Damaschino
What is Zibibbo and where is it grown?
White Grape AKA Muscat of Alexandria, Hanepoot (South Africa), Moscatel (South America), Muscatel de Setúbal, Muscat Romain (Roussillon)
- Sicilia DOC - Spumante Bianco blending grape
- Pantelleria/Moscato di Pantelleria/Passito di Pantelleria DOC - Moscato, Moscato spumante, Moscato Dorato, Moscato Liquoroso, Passito Liquoroso, Passito, Zibibbo Dolce - 100% Zibibbo, Bianco/Bianco Frizzante - 85% Zibibbo
- Erice DOC - Vendemmia Tardiva Zibibbo, Spumante Dolce, Vendemmia Tardiva Zibibbo, Moscato
Etna DOC
- Province
- Style
- Aging
Etna DOC
- Catania
- Varieties:
- Bianco
- minimum 60% Carricante
- maximum 40% Catarratto Bianco Comune or Cataratto Bianco Lucido
- maximum 15% Trebbiano and/or Minnella Bianca and/or other non-aromatic white grapes suitable for cultivation in Sicilia
- Bianco Superiore
- minimum 80% Carricante
- maximum 20% Trebbiano and/or Minnella Bianca and/or other non-aromatic white grapes suitable for cultivation in Sicilia
- Rosso/Rosato
- minimum 80% Nerello Mascalese
- maximum 20% Nerello Mantellato (Nerello Cappuccio)
- maximum 10% non-aromatic white grapes suitable for cultivation in Sicilia
- Spumante (rosato or bianco)
- minimum 60% Nerello Mascalese
- maximum 40% other grapes suitable for cultivation in Sicilia
- Rosso Riserva: wines must undergo a minimum 4 years aging from November 1 of the harvest year including 12 months in wood.
- Additional Requirements:
- Rosato may be a product of saignee or blending
- Spumante must undergo secondary fermentation in bottle and rest on the lees for a minimum of 18 months.
- Bianco Superiore wines may only originate from the commune of Milo
What is Nerello Cappuccio and where is grown?
A red grape AKA Nerello Mantellato
- Sicilia DOC - Varietal wine, “Two-Variety” wines
- Etna DOC - Rosso/Rosato: maximum 20% Nerello Mantellato (Nerello Cappuccio)
- Savuto DOC - Rosato/Rosso blending grape
- S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto DOC - Rosato, Rosso - blending grape
- Faro DOC - Rosso - 15% - 30% Nerello Cappuccio
What is Nocera and where is grown?
A red grape and a Scavigna DOC and Savuto DOC
in Calabria
- Bivongi DOC - Rosato/Rosso blending grape
- Sicilia DOC - Varietal Nocera
- S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto DOC (Calabria) - 40-60% Nocera
- Faro DOC - Rosso blending grape
- Mamertino/Mamertino di Milazzo DOC - Rosso/Rosso Riserva blending grape
What is Gaglioppo and where is it grown?
A red grape AKA Arvino and Montonico Nero
- Bivongi DOC - Rosato/Rosso: 30-50% combined Gaglioppo, and/or Greco Nero
- Terre di Cosenza DOC (Calabria) - Varietal Gaglioppo and blending grape
- Savuto DOC (Calabria) - Rosato/Rosso: max. 45% Gaglioppo (aka: Arvino)
- S. Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto DOC (Calabria) - Rosato/Rosso - 40-60% Gaglioppo
- Melissa DOC (Calabria) - Rosso: 75-95% Gaglioppo
- Lamezia DOC (Calabria) - Varietal Gaglioppo, Rosato/Rosso/Spumante Rosato
- Faro DOC - Rosso blending grape
- Cirò DOC (Calabria)- Rosato/Rosso: min. 80% Gaglioppo
What is Corinto Nero and where is grown?
A red grape
- Malvasia delle Lipari DOC - Bianco/Passito/Liquoroso - 92% - 95% Malvasia di Lipari 5% - 8% Corinto Nero
What is Malvasia di Lipari and where is it grown?
A White grape
- Malvasia delle Lipari DOC - Bianco/Passito/Liquoroso - 92% - 95% Malvasia di Lipari 5% - 8% Corinto Nero
Marsala DOC
- Province
- Style
- Alcohol
- RS
- Aging requirements
- Authorized Historical Label Indications
- Other regulations
Marsala DOC
- Trapani (all areas except Pantelleria, Favignana, and Alcamo)
- Denominazione (Liquoroso):
- Marsala Oro - Grillo, Ansonica (Inzolia), Catarratto, Damaschino
- Marsala Ambra - Grillo, Ansonica (Inzolia), Catarratto, Damaschino
- Marsala Rubino - Perricone, Calabrese (Nero d’Avola), and Nerello Mascalese; plus a max. 30% white grapes
- Minimum Alcohol: 12% (natural)
- Fine: 17.5% (after fortification)
- Superiore, Vergine, Solera, and Riserva styles: 18% (after fortification)
- Residual Sugar Levels:
- Secco: max. 40 g/l
- Semisecco: 40-100 g/l
- Dolce: min. 100 g/l
- Aging Requirements:
- Fine: Min. 1 year in oak or cherry wood (first 4 months may be in alternative containers)
- Superiore: Min. 2 years in oak or cherry wood
- Superiore Riserva: Min. 4 years in oak or cherry wood
- Vergine/Solera: Min. 5 years in oak or cherry wood
- Vergine Riserva/Solera Riserva/Vergine and Solera Stravecchio: Min. 10 years in oak or cherry wood
- Authorized Historical Label Indications:
- Marsala “Vecchio”: the wine has met the minimum requirements for Marsala Superiore
- Marsala Fine IP: “Italy Particular”
- Marsala Superiore SOM: “Superior Old Marsala”
- Marsala Superiore GD: “Garibaldi Dolce”, a reference to a 19th-century general
- Marsala Superiore LP: “London Particular”
- Other Regulations:
- Ambra must include a min. 1% mosto cotto
- Concia–the addition of mosto cotto–is not permitted for oro or rubino styles.
- Vergine styles may not be sweetened.
What is Carricante and where is it grown?
A White grape
- Sicilia DOC - Varietal Carricante, two-variety wine
- Etna DOC - Bianco minimum 60% Carricante, Bianco Superiore minimum 80% Carricante
Pantelleria/Moscato di Pantelleria/Passito di Pantelleria DOC
- Province
- Commune
- Style
- Alcohol
- Aging
- Additional Requirements
- RS
Pantelleria/Moscato di Pantelleria/Passito di Pantelleria DOC
- Trapani
- Island of Pantelleria
- Styles: 100% Zibibbo
- Moscato
- Moscato spumante
- Moscato Dorato
- Moscato Liquoroso
- Passito Liquoroso
- Passito
- Zibibbo Dolce
- Bianco/Bianco Frizzante - 85% Zibibbo
- Minimum Alcohol:
- Moscato: 15% (11% acquired)
- Passito: 20% (14% acquired)
- Moscato Liquoroso: 21% (15% acquired)
- Moscato Spumante: 12% (6% acquired)
- Moscato Dorato: 21.5% (15.5% acquired)
- Zibibbo Dolce: 10% (must acquired a minimum alcohol content not less than 1/3 of the residual sugar content)
- Bianco/Bianco Frizzante: 11.5%
- Aging Requirements:
- Passito di Pantelleria: wines may not be released until July 1 of the year following the harvest.
- Passito Liquoroso: wines may not be released until February 1 of the year following the harvest.
- Additional Requirements:
- Moscato Dorato: grapes must obtain a 250 g/l minimum must weight and be fortified with pure grape based alcohol equal to at least 5% of the volume of the must.
- Moscato di Pantelleria/Moscato Liquoroso: wine is to be obtain by the fermentation of fresh must.
- Passito di Pantelleria/Passito di Pantelleria Liquoroso: grapes must undergo partial appassimento on the vine and can obtain a maximum 60% sugar content.
- Moscato Dorato: 100 g/L RS
Pantelleria/Moscato di Pantelleria/Passito di Pantelleria DOC
- Province
- Commune
- Style
- Alcohol
- Aging
- Additional Requirements
- RS
Pantelleria/Moscato di Pantelleria/Passito di Pantelleria DOC
- Trapani
- Island of Pantelleria
- Styles: 100% Zibibbo
- Moscato
- Moscato spumante
- Moscato Dorato
- Moscato Liquoroso
- Passito Liquoroso
- Passito
- Zibibbo Dolce
- Bianco/Bianco Frizzante - 85% Zibibbo
- Minimum Alcohol:
- Moscato: 15% (11% acquired)
- Passito: 20% (14% acquired)
- Moscato Liquoroso: 21% (15% acquired)
- Moscato Spumante: 12% (6% acquired)
- Moscato Dorato: 21.5% (15.5% acquired)
- Zibibbo Dolce: 10% (must acquired a minimum alcohol content not less than 1/3 of the residual sugar content)
- Bianco/Bianco Frizzante: 11.5%
- Aging Requirements:
- Passito di Pantelleria: wines may not be released until July 1 of the year following the harvest.
- Passito Liquoroso: wines may not be released until February 1 of the year following the harvest.
- Additional Requirements:
- Moscato Dorato: grapes must obtain a 250 g/l minimum must weight and be fortified with pure grape based alcohol equal to at least 5% of the volume of the must.
- Moscato di Pantelleria/Moscato Liquoroso: wine is to be obtain by the fermentation of fresh must.
- Passito di Pantelleria/Passito di Pantelleria Liquoroso: grapes must undergo partial appassimento on the vine and can obtain a maximum 60% sugar content.
- Moscato Dorato: 100 g/L RS
What is Frappato and where is it grown?
A red grape
- Sicilia DOC - Varietal Frappato, “Two-Variety” wines, Rosato/Rosso/Rosso Riserva/Rosso Vendemmia Tardiva, Spumante Rosato
- Menfi DOC - Varietal Frappato
- Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG - Rosso Cerasuolo di Vittoria & Rosso Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico - 30-50% Frappato
- Eloro DOC - Varietal Frappato, Rosso/Rosato, Eloro “Pachino”
- Vittoria DOC - Varietal Frappato, Rosso and Rosso Novello
- Erice DOC - Varietal Frappato
- Alcamo DOC - Rosato/Rosato Spumante/Rosso/Rosso Novello/Rosso Riserva
What body of water seperates Calabria and Sicily?
Strait of Messina
Where does Sicily rank in wine production?
2nd behind Veneto
Where does Sicily rank in wine production?
2nd behind Veneto
Who discovered Marsala?
he Englishman John Woodhouse in 1773, who first fortified the wine to ensure safe shipment to his home country
- Marsala, which fed the British thirst for fortified wine (alongside Port, Sherry, and Madeira) in an era when taxes on the beloved claret of Bordeaux were raised to a trade-stifling level, suffered in the 20th century as a result of being essentially rebranded as a cooking wine
What are Contrade?
Single Vineyards in Etna DOC
Who is this producer?
Marco De Bartoli
Vecchio Samperi ‘Quarantennale’ Vino Liquoroso Secco, Sicily, Italy
- 100% Grillo
- The wine is fermented with natural yeasts and aged in variously sized oak vats. About five percent of the total volume of wine is replaced with wine from the new vintage each year. Older wine is racked to barrel where is it progressively topped up after after new bottlings. We highly recommend reading our 2014 and 2012 visit recaps for an in depth explanation of how the various Marsalas are made.
Who is this producer?
Marco De Bartoli Vecchio
Samperi Trentennale Vino Liquoroso Secco, Sicily, Italy
- Classification: Wine
- 100% Grillo
- Winemaking: manual selection of the grapes, soft pressing, natural
decanting, traditional fermentation operated by wild yeasts in oak and chestnut
vats at room temperature
- Aging: fractional blending in oak and chestnut vats for an average of 15 years,
with an addition of younger wine every year, using the traditional perpetual
method, similar to Solera system
Who is this producer?
Marco De Bartoli
Marsala Vergine Riserva, Sicily, Italy
- Classification: Marsala Vergine Riserva, PDO
- Grillo 100%
- The wine was fermented with natural yeasts and aged in oak and chestnut vats in the solera system, topped with new wine at the rate of 5% of the total volume annually.
- In 1988, what was to become this riserva was removed from the solera. This wine was then gently fortified with estate grape brandy only (no must, hence the Vergine or “virgin” designation) and then aged oxidatively, un-topped, in barrel.
- Marsala Vergine Riserva: 100% Grillo from Contrada Samperi. Fortified with estate brandy, about 25 grams per liter residual sugar. Taken from solera then aged 26 years, untopped, in barrel. Inaugural vintage 1988 (bottled in 2014)
Who is this producer?
Marco De Bartoli
Marsala Oro Superiore Riserva, Sicily, Italy
- Classification: Marsala PDO
- Grillo 100%
- manual selection of the grapes, soft pressing, natural decanting, traditional fermentation with wild yeasts in oak and chestnut vats at room temperature.
- The wine resulting from the previous process is then fortified, with fresh must
added with grape spirit (acquavite), for the preparation of the so called
“mistella”
- Aging: Over 10 years in oak vats of different sizes
- Marsala Superiore Riserva Oro: 100% Grillo from Contrada Samperi. Fortified with mistella, about 55 grams per liter residual sugar. From solera with an average age of 10 years. Inaugural vintage 1986.
Who is this producer?
Marco De Bartoli
Bukkuram Sole d’Agosta Passito di Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy
- Classification: Passito di Pantelleria,
PDO
- Zibibbo 100%
- Wine-making: Harvest in the middle of August of a part of the grapes to start a sun-drying process of about 2 weeks, in suitable areas, delimited by drywalls made of volcanic stones. The remaining grapes go on maturing on the vines up to September for the making of the base wine that, after a fermentation with wild yeasts, is macerated for about three months with the sun-dried grapes that bring sugar and aromas.
- Aging: The wine, after a short passage in oak barrels for 6 months, is aged in
stainless steel tanks and finally bottled.
Who is this producer?
Marco De Bartoli Bukkuram ‘Padre della Vigna’ Passito di Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy
- Type: Passito di Pantelleria, DOC
- Zibibbo 100%
- Bukkuram “Padre della Vigna” (Father of the vineyard) is the passito wine made only in the best vintages
- Winemaking: 50% of the grapes are dried in the sunlight, for a minimum of four weeks, over suitable mats and delimited by thick walls made of volcanic stone. The remaining grapes mature on the plant until September. Once the fermentation has started, the grapes previously dried are added to the base wine and left macerating during about three months, until a balance between alcohol content and residual sugar is achieved.
- Aging: 42 months in French oak barrels of 225 l and 6 months in stainless steel vats
Who is this producer?
Marco De Bartoli
Vigna La Miccia 5 Anni Marsala Superiore Oro, Sicily, Italy
- Classification: Marsala Superiore Oro Semi-dry Sup.Riserva 2017 DOC
- Grape: 100% Grillo
- Wine making: manual selection of the grapes, soft pressing, natural decanting, traditional fermentation with wild yeasts in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature.
- Aging: 4 years in French oak barrels, always topped up.
Who is this producer?
Marco De Bartoli
20 Year Old Marsala Superiore Riserva, Sicily, Italy
- Classification: Marsala Superiore Riserva, DOC
- Grape: Grillo 100%
- Wine making: manual selection of the grapes, soft pressing, natural decanting, traditional
fermentation with wild yeasts in oak and chestnut vats at room temperature. A part of the must is fortified with grape spirit (acquavite) for the preparation of the “mistella” to be added to the wine
- Aging: Over 20 years in oak vats of different sizes
Who is this producer?
Planeta
‘Didacus’ Menfi Rosso, Sicily, Italy - Cabernet Franc
Who is this producer?
Planeta
‘Didacus’ Menfi, Sicily, Italy - Chardonnay
Who is this producer?
Planeta
Frappato Vittoria, Sicily, Italy
Who is this producer?
Planeta
Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico D.O.C.G.
70% Nero d’Avola 30% Frappato
Who is this producer?
Planeta
Cerasuolo di Vittoria D.O.C.G.
60% Nero d’Avola 40% Frappato
Who is this producer?
Planeta
- Etna D.O.C.
- 100% Carricante
Who is this producer?
Planeta
- Etna D.O.C.
- 100% Nerello Mascalese
Who is this producer?
Planeta
- Eruzione 1614 Nerello Mascalese
- Sicilia D.O.C.
- 100% Nerello Mascalese
- The history of the volcano is marked by the eruptions which have shaped it. That of 1614 is legendary; it lasted for 10 years, the longest ever recorded. The vines which produce this wine grow on this actual lava flow. Nerello Mascalese grown on these black soils at a height, for an intensely aromatic red wine with an elegant structure.
Who is this producer?
Planeta
- Eruzione 1614 Pinot Nero
- Terre Siciliane I.G.T.
- 100% Pinot Nero
- Among the terraces of Sciaranuova , and on the edge of the sciara formed by the historic eruption of 1614 which lasted for ten years, the smallest plot contains 3,000 plants of Pinot Nero. The variety has been cultivated in the area for centuries, though not in a widespread or consistent manner.
The result is an absolutely original version of this aristocratic vine.
Who is this producer?
Planeta
- Sicilia Menfi D.O.C.
- 100% Chardonnay
Who is this producer?
Planeta
- Sito dell’Ulmo Merlot
- Sicilia D.O.C.
- 100% Merlot
Who is this producer?
Planeta
- Cometa
- Sicilia Menfi D.O.C.
- 100% Fiano
Who is this producer?
Planeta
- Burdese
- Sicilia DOC
- 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc
Who is this producer?
Planeta
- Maroccoli
- Sicilia Menfi D.O.C.
- 100% Syrah
Who is this producer?
Planeta
- Santa Cecilia
- Noto D.O.C.
- 100% Nero d’Avola
Who is this producer?
Arianne Occhipinti
- Grotte Alte (Cerasuola di Vittoria): 50% Nero d’Avola and 50% Frappato. Inaugural vintage 2006.
- “Grotte Alte is a territory: the limestone ridges on which Vittoria, my hometown stands. But it is also a wine, my Cerasuolo Di Vittoria, the result of Frappato and Nero d’Avola grapes, the summary of my Sicily. It is a mediterranean wine that preserves the taste of the sea and all the air and the Iblei Mountains thermal excursions. It is harmonious and it has experienced a long aging. Perhaps it is the most ambitious of my wines. Elegant and proud.”
Who is this producer?
Arianna Occhipinti
- Frappato (Terre Siciliane IGP): From Bastonaca and Fossa di Lupo. Inaugural vintage 2004.
Who is this producer?
Arianna Occhipinti
- Siccagno (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Nero d’Avola from Bombolieri and Fossa di Lupo. Inaugural vintage 2004.
Who is this producer?
Arianna Occhipinti
- Vino di Contrada Fossa di Lupo
- Terre Siciliane IGP
- Fossa di Lupo: Another historical contrada and backbone of my work since 2004. The soils are sandy with shades that go from red to chestnut brown and with a substantial presence of limestone rocks on the surface. After the first 40cm of sand, we arrive at a layer of solid, hard limestone. The vines were planted in albarello: the typical training system with planting distances traditional of the Vittoria area. This contrada faces the Hyblaean Mountains at northeast; from here the wines typically originate as fruity but also austere, presenting great acidity.”
Who is this producer?
Arianna Occhipinti
- Vino di Contrada Pettineo
- Terre Siciliane IGP
- “Pettineo: This historic contrada, a term used to refer a small district of the countryside, is located beyond Serra San Bartolo ridge; historically it has always produced very elegant wines thanks to a deep layer of marine sand (50-60 cm), with little presence of limestone rocks on the surface. Our Chiusa di Pettineo vines are nearly 60 years olds. Originally planted in a head trained or albarello system from which the previous owner then transformed into a trellised system, now with the vines climbing between the trellises into monumental heights. The wines of the Pettineo are usually fruit-driven with a more silky tannin yet possessing quite lively acidity.”
Who is this producer?
Arianna Occhipinti
- Vino di Contrada Bombolieri
- Terre Siciliane IGP
- “Bombolieri: Here we are situated on a point with high limestone content in the soil, facing the Serra San Bartolo. Here the lands can vary from colours of deep chestnut to white, but the surface’s layer of sand is decisively lower: only 25 cm. Just below this thin layer you will find solid limestone. In a part of this contrada you will find more clay-limestone soil, visibly different with more of a presence of white on its surface. It’s here, in the Vigna Strada that this wine is born, oral and straightforward, with highly persistent acidity.”
Who is this producer?
Arianna Occhipinti
- Passo Nero (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Nero d’Avola. Passito wine aged 16 months in used tonneaux and 6 months in bottle. Inaugural vintage 2008.
- Each year, Arianna uses the same few rows of Nero d’Avola in her Fosso di Lupo vineyard for perfect, healthy Nero d’Avola clusters to sun-dry for 15 days for her passito-style wine.Working with the land. Loving her, respecting her, talking to her. And from there finding the courage to make new experiences, to seek new routes, starting from well-established certainties. This is also a challenge. And so I reflected, and I thought that the Nero d’Avola evolution could also be the withering as it was once used to preserve grapes in winter. The Passo Nero was born.
Who is this producer?
Tenuta delle Terre Nere
- Cuvée delle Vigne Niche Calderara Sottana (Etna Bianco DOC): 100% Carricante.
- Calderara Sottana (15 ha): 50- to 130-year-old vines on very stony soils with black volcanic pumice and some ash at 600 to 700 meters in elevation. Contains the one-hectare La Vigna di Don Peppino.
Who is this producer?
Tenuta delle Terre Nere
- Cuvée delle Vigne Niche Santo Spirito (Etna Bianco DOC): 100% Carricante. Inaugural vintage 2014.
- Santo Spirito (10 ha): 40- to 100-year-old vines rich volcanic ash soils at 700 to 750 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
Tenuta delle Terre Nere
- Calderara Sottana (Etna Rosso DOC): 98% Nerello Mascalese and 2% Nerello Cappuccio. Inaugural vintage 2003.
- Calderara Sottana (15 ha): 50- to 130-year-old vines on very stony soils with black volcanic pumice and some ash at 600 to 700 meters in elevation. Contains the one-hectare La Vigna di Don Peppino.
Who is this producer?
Tenuta delle Terre Nere
- Prephylloxera La Vigna di Don Peppino (Etna Rosso DOC): 98% Nerello Mascalese and 2% Nerello Cappuccio. Inaugural vintage 2006.
- Calderara Sottana (15 ha): 50- to 130-year-old vines on very stony soils with black volcanic pumice and some ash at 600 to 700 meters in elevation. Contains the one-hectare La Vigna di Don Peppino.
Who is this producer?
Tenuta delle Terre Nere
- San Lorenzo (Etna Rosso DOC): 98% Nerello Mascalese and 2% Nerello Cappuccio. Inaugural vintage 2015.
- San Lorenzo (4 ha): Vines up to over 70 years old on volcanic sand soils with deposits from Etna’s Ellittico eruption at 750 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
COS
- Cerasuolo di Vittoria: 60% Nero d’Avola and 40% Frappato. Inaugural vintage 1980.
- COS is an acronym based on the last names of its founders, three young friends who met at the University of Palermo: Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino Strano
- Strano is no longer with the company, although the s remains in the name, and today, COS is run by Cilia and Occhipinti
Who is this producer?
COS
- Delle Fontane (Cerasuolo di Vittoria): 60% Nero d’Avola and 40% Frappato. Single vineyard.
- COS is an acronym based on the last names of its founders, three young friends who met at the University of Palermo: Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino Strano
- Strano is no longer with the company, although the s remains in the name, and today, COS is run by Cilia and Occhipinti
Who is this producer?
COS
- Pithos Rosso (Vittoria DOC): 60% Nero d’Avola and 40% Frappato. Aged in amphora. Inaugural vintage 2003.
- COS is an acronym based on the last names of its founders, three young friends who met at the University of Palermo: Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino Strano
- Strano is no longer with the company, although the s remains in the name, and today, COS is run by Cilia and Occhipinti
Who is this producer?
COS
- Pithos Bianco (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Grecanico. Aged in amphora. Inaugural vintage 2008.
- COS is an acronym based on the last names of its founders, three young friends who met at the University of Palermo: Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino Strano
- Strano is no longer with the company, although the s remains in the name, and today, COS is run by Cilia and Occhipinti
Who is this producer?
COS
- Zibibbo in Pithos (Terre Sicilane IGP): Aged in amphora. Inaugural vintage 2014.
- COS is an acronym based on the last names of its founders, three young friends who met at the University of Palermo: Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino Strano
- Strano is no longer with the company, although the s remains in the name, and today, COS is run by Cilia and Occhipinti
Who is this producer?
COS
- Rami (Terre Sicilane IGP): 50% Grecanico and 50% Inzolia with 7 days of skin contact in concrete.
- COS is an acronym based on the last names of its founders, three young friends who met at the University of Palermo: Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino Strano
- Strano is no longer with the company, although the s remains in the name, and today, COS is run by Cilia and Occhipinti
Who is this producer?
COS
- Contrada (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Nero d’Avola from a single vineyard in Contrada
- COS is an acronym based on the last names of its founders, three young friends who met at the University of Palermo: Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino Strano
- Strano is no longer with the company, although the s remains in the name, and today, COS is run by Cilia and Occhipinti
Who is this producer?
Benanti
- Contrada Cavaliere (Etna Bianco): 100% Carricante.
- Cavaliere: Guyot-trained 50-year-old vines at 900 to 950 meters in elevation in Santa Maria di Licodia. Southwestern exposition.
Who is this producer?
Benanti
- Pietra Marina (Etna Bianco Superiore): 100% Carricante from Contrada Rinazzo. Inaugural vintage 1990.
- Rinazzo: Alberello-trained Carricante vines up to 90 years old at 800 meters in elevation in Milo. Eastern exposition.
- Benanti’s Pietra Marina, made from Carricante grown in Milo, was the first serious benchmark for ageworthy Etna Bianco Superiore
Who is this producer?
Benanti
- Rovittello Particella No. 341 (Etna Rosso Riserva): About 90% Nerello Mascalese, the remainder Nerello Cappuccio, from the small pre-phylloxera portion of Contrada Dafara Galluzzo. Inaugural vintage 1990 for Rovittello, 2015 for Particella No. 341.
- Dafara Galluzzo: Alberello-trained vines, including some over 100 years old and ungrafted, at 750 meters in elevation in Rovittello. Northern exposition.
Who is this producer?
Benanti
- Serra della Contessa Particella No. 587 (Etna Rosso Riserva): About 85% Nerello Mascalese, the remainder Nerello Cappuccio, from the small pre-phylloxera section of Contrada Monte Serra. Inaugural vintage 1998 for Serra della Contessa, 2015 for Particella No. 587.
- Monte Serra: Alberello-trained vines, including some over 100 years old and ungrafted, on well-draining soils at 450 to 500 meters in elevation. Monopole vineyard with southeastern exposition in Viagrande.
Who is this producer?
Benanti
- Noblesse Brut Metodo Classico (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Carricante. Aged 24 months on the lees.
- Benanti was also one of the first to use Carricante as a base for quality metodo classico sparkling wine.
Who is this producer?
Girolamo Russo
- Feudo (Etna Rosso): 94% Nerello Mascalese and 6% Nerello Cappuccio from the oldest vines in the Contrada Feudo parcel. Inaugural vintage 2006.
- Feudo (6 ha): Vines at 650 to 670 meters in elevation near Randazzo. Planted in 1950.
Who is this producer?
Girolamo Russo
- Feudo di Mezzo (Etna Rosso): 94% Nerello Mascalese and 6% Nerello Cappuccio from Contrada Feudo di Mezzo. Inaugural vintage 2011.
- Feudo di Mezzo (1 ha): Vines at 670 meters in elevation in Castiglione di Sicilia. Plantings from 1920 to 1940.
Who is this producer?
Girolamo Russo
- San Lorenzo (Etna Rosso): 94% Nerello Mascalese and 6% Nerello Cappuccio from the oldest vines in the Contrada San Lorenzo parcel. Inaugural vintage 2005.
- San Lorenzo (8 ha): Vines at 750 to 780 meters in elevation near Randazzo. Plantings from 1920 to 1940.
Who is this producer?
Passopisciaro
- Passorosso (Etna Rosso): 100% Nerello Mascalese. Originally called Passopisciaro. Inaugural vintage 2001.
Who is this producer?
Passopisciaro
- Passobianco (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Chardonnay. Previously called Guardiola. Inaugural vintage 2007.
Who is this producer?
Passopisciaro
- Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Nerello Mascalese
Who is this producer?
Passopisciaro
- Franchetti (Terre Siciliane IGP): 50 to 70% Petit Verdot, the remainder Cesanese d’Affile. Inaugural vintage 2006.
Who is this producer?
I Vigneri di Salvo Foti
- Vinupetra (Etna Rosso): 80% Nerello Mascalese, 10% Nerello Cappuccio, and 10% Alicante Bouschet and other French varieties, from Vigna Calderara. Inaugural vintage 2001.
Who is this producer?
I Vigneri di Salvo Foti
- Vinudilice (Terre Siciliane IGP): Co-fermented red and white grapes including Alicante Bouschet, Grecanico, Minella Nera and Bianca, Trebbiano, Coda di Volpe, and others, from Vigna Bosco. Still or sparkling rosato, depending on vintage. Vinudilice means “wine of the forest.”
Who is this producer?
Graci
- Quota 1000 Barbabecchi (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Nerello Mascalese from the highest-elevation vineyard in Contrada Barbabecchi.
- Barbabecchi (2 ha): Ungrafted, alberello-trained Nerello Mascalese, about 100 years old, at 1,000 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
Graci
- Feudo di Mezzo (Etna Rosso): 95% Nerello Mascalese and 5% Nerello Cappuccio.
- Feudo di Mezzo (1.5 ha): Alberello-trained Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio, about 80 years old, on very sandy soils at 600 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
I Custodi delle vigne dell’Etna
- Vinujancu (Terre Siciliane IGP): Carricante, Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Chenin Blanc, Grecanico, and Minella. Originally made by I Vigneri. Salvo Foti consults.
Who is this producer?
I Custodi delle vigne dell’Etna
- Vinujancu (Terre Siciliane IGP): Carricante, Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Chenin Blanc, Grecanico, and Minella. Originally made by I Vigneri. Salvo Foti consults.
Who is this producer?
I Custodi delle vigne dell’Etna
- Saeculare (Etna Rosso): 80% Nerello Mascalese, the remainder Nerello Cappuccio and pre-phylloxera Alicante Bouschet from Contrada Feudo di Mezzo. 20% whole cluster.
- Feudo di Mezzo (1 ha): Up to 250-year-old vines at 600 meters in elevation. Northern exposition.
Who is this producer?
I Custodi delle vigne dell’Etna
- Pistus (Etna Rosso): 80% Nerello Mascalese and 20% Nerello Cappuccio from Contrada Moganazzi.
- Moganazzi (2 parcels, 7.5 ha and 2 ha): 10- to 90-year-old vines at 700 meters in elevation. Northern exposition.
Who is this producer?
Gulfi
- Pinò (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Pinot Nero from Vigna Militi.
- Vigna Militi (0.5 ha): Massal selection of Pinot Noir vines from Burgundy at 850 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
Gulfi
- Reseca (Etna Rosso): 100% Nerello Mascalese from Vigna Poggio.
- Vigna Poggio (2 ha): 100-year-old Nerello Mascalese vines at 800 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
Gulfi
- NeroSanlorè (Eloro): 100% Nero d’Avola from Contrada San Lorenzo. Inaugural vintage 2001.
- San Lorenzo (2.5 ha): Nero d’Avola on dark red calcareous-sandy soils at 10 meters in elevation and 700 meters from the sea in Pachino. Southern exposition.
Who is this producer?
Frank Cornelissen
- Susucaru Rosso (Terre Siciliane IGP): Field blend of about 85% Nerello Mascalese with Nerello Cappuccio, Alicante Bouschet, Minella, and Uva Francesa from multiple vineyards. Called Contadino until 2016. Inaugural vintage 2003.
Who is this producer?
Frank Cornelissen
- MunJebel Rosso VA Cuvée Vigne Alte (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Nerello Mascalese from the high-elevation vineyards of Tartaraci, Monte Dolce, and Pettinociarelle. Inaugural vintage 2010.
- Tartaraci: Ungrafted vines at 1,000 meters in elevation.
- Monte Dolce: Ungrafted vines at 870 meters in elevation.
- Pettinociarelle: Ungrafted vines at 890 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
Frank Cornelissen
- MunJebel Rosso P Cuvée Perpetuum (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Nerello Mascalese. A solera-style blend of multiple vintages dating back to 2015.
Who is this producer?
Frank Cornelissen
- MunJebel Rosso contrada bottlings (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Nerello Mascalese from individual parcels and named for the contrade from which they are sourced. Made only in great vintages. Inaugural vintages: 2010 for BB, 2011 for MC, 2012 for CS, 2014 for PA, 2014 for FM, 2015 for CR and CA.
- Barbabecchi: Ungrafted vines at 870 to 910 meters in elevation. North-northeastern exposure. Planted around 1910.
- Chiusa Spagnolo: Ungrafted vines on the floor of an amphitheater surrounded by lava in Contrada Zottorinoto at 620 meters in elevation. Planted around 1925.
- Porcaria: Upper portion of the vineyard in Contrada Feudo di Mezzo at 640 meters in elevation.
- Sottana: Valley floor portion of the vineyard in Contrada Feudo di Mezzo with deep soils at 580 meters in elevation.
- Monte Colla: Sandy clay soils at 760 meters in elevation. Planted in 1946.
Campo Re: Partly ungrafted vines at about 730 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
Frank Cornelissen
- Magma Rosso (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Nerello Mascalese from Contrada Barbabecchi. Inaugural vintage 2001.
- Barbabecchi: Ungrafted vines at 870 to 910 meters in elevation. North-northeastern exposure. Planted around 1910.
Who is this producer?
Frank Cornelissen
- Magma Rosso (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Nerello Mascalese from Contrada Barbabecchi. Inaugural vintage 2001.
- Barbabecchi: Ungrafted vines at 870 to 910 meters in elevation. North-northeastern exposure. Planted around 1910.
Who is this producer?
Calabretta
- Vigne Vecchie (Terre Sicilanie IGP): Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio from Calderara and Taccione. Formerly Etna Rosso DOC. Inaugural vintage 1997.
- Taccione: Includes 0.15 hectares of ungrafted vines from massal selection.
- Calderara: Sandy soil with stones and ripiddu (glassy black fragments of lava) at 700 to 750 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
Calabretta
- Nonna Concetta (Terre Siciliane IGP): Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio from Feudo di Mezzo/Passopisciaro.
- Feudo di Mezzo/Passopisciaro: Less-stony soils with more sand at 680 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
Donnafugata
- Tancredi (Terre Siciliane IGP): Cabernet Sauvignon, Nero d’Avola, Tannat, and other unspecified grapes. Inaugural vintage 1990.
Who is this producer?
Donnafugata
- Mille e Una Notte (Sicilia): Mostly Nero d’Avola, with Petit Verdot, Syrah, and Merlot. Inaugural vintage 1995.
Who is this producer?
Donnafugata
- Ben Ryé (Passito di Pantelleria): 100% Zibibbo. Dried grapes added to fresh must in a three-to-four ratio, fermented and aged 7 months in stainless steel and at least 12 months in bottle. The Limited Edition release has six years of bottle age. Inaugural vintage 1989.
- Pantelleria (68 ha): Vineyards in 14 districts, with some vines over 100 years old, on sandy volcanic soils at 20 to 400 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
Donnafugata
- Floramundi (Cerasuolo di Vittoria): Nero d’Avola and Frappato. Inaugural vintage 2016.
Who is this producer?
Donnafugata
- Fragore (Etna Rosso): 100% Nerello Mascalese from a single vineyard in Contrada Montelaguardia. Inaugural vintage 2016.
Who is this producer?
Donnafugata
- Vigna di Gabri (Sicilia): Mostly Inzolia, with Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, and Catarratto, from a single vineyard planted by Gabriella. Inaugural vintage 1987.
Who is this producer?
Donnafugata
- Chiarandà (Contessa Entellina): 100% Chardonnay. Aged 8 months in 35% cement vats and 65% barriques and 12 months in bottle. Inaugural vintage 1992.
Who is this producer?
Palari
- Nè (Terre Siciliane IGP): Single-vineyard field blend of francisi varieties, a term in the local dialect that suggests the grapes are French.
Who is this producer?
Palari
- Rosso del Soprano (Terre Siciliane IGP): Principally Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio, with Nocera, Cappuccio Tignolino, Acitana, Galatena, and Nero d’Avola.
Who is this producer?
Palari
- Rosso del Soprano (Terre Siciliane IGP): Principally Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio, with Nocera, Cappuccio Tignolino, Acitana, Galatena, and Nero d’Avola.
Who is this producer?
Palari
- Faro: Principally Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio, with Nocera, Cappuccio Tignolino, Acitana, Galatena, and Nero d’Avola.
Who is this producer?
Biondi
- San Nicolò (Etna Rosso): 80% Nerello Mascalese and 20% Nerello Cappuccio.
Who is this producer?
Biondi
- Cisterna Fuori (Etna Rosso): 80% Nerello Mascalese and 20% Nerello Cappuccio.
- Cisterna Fuori (2 ha): 640 to 700 meters in elevation in Contrada Ronzini. Eastern exposition.
Who is this producer?
Biondi
- Pianta (Etna Bianco): 90% Carricante, the remainder Catarratto, Minella, Malvasia, and Moscatello, from the Chianta vineyard. Fermented and aged in used barriques with weekly bâtonnage. Previously known as Chianta.
- Chianta (2.5 ha): 640 to 700 meters in elevation on a crater dated 125 BCE in Contrada Ronzini. Eastern exposition.
Who is this producer?
Pietradolce
- Sant’Andrea Bianco (Terre Siciliane IGP): 100% Carricante from Contrada Caselle. Inaugural vintage 2015.
- Sant’Andrea: 100- to 120-year-old vines at 850 meters in elevation in Contrada Caselle in Milo.
Who is this producer?
Pietradolce
- Contrada Santo Spirito (Etna Rosso): 100% Nerello Mascalese from Santo Spirito. Inaugural vintage 2016.
- Contrada Santo Spirito: About 90-year-old vines at 900 meters in elevation in Passopisciaro. Northern exposition.
Who is this producer?
Pietradolce
- Contrada Rampante (Etna Rosso): 100% Nerello Mascalese from Rampante. Inaugural vintage 2014.
- Contrada Rampante: 80- to 90-year-old vines at 850 meters in elevation in Solicchiata. Northern exposition.
Who is this producer?
Pietradolce
- Barbagalli (Etna Rosso): 100% Nerello Mascalese from Barbagalli. Inaugural vintage 2010.
- Barbagalli: 80- to 100-year-old vines at 950 meters in elevation in Contrada Rampante in Solicchiata.
Who is this producer?
Tasca d’Almerita
- Capofaro (Salina IGP): 100% Malvasia di Lipari. Passito wine with grapes dried on racks, not labeled as Malvasia delle Lipari DOC but similar in style. Inaugural vintage 2004.
Who is this producer?
Tasca d’Almerita
- Vigna San Francesco Cabernet Sauvignon (Contea di Sclafani): Aged in 100% new French oak. Inaugural vintage 1988.
Who is this producer?
Tasca d’Almerita
- Tascante (Etna Rosso): 100% Nerello Mascalese, including single-vineyard contrada bottlings from Sciaranuova, Pianodario, and Rampante. Aged in Slavonian oak barrels. Inaugural vintage 2008.
Who is this producer?
Tasca d’Almerita
- Rosso del Conte (Contea di Sclafani): 52% Nero d’Avola and 48% Perricone. Aged in 100% new French oak. Inaugural vintage 1970.
Who is this producer?
Tasca d’Almerita
- Riserva del Conte (Contea di Sclafani): 67% Perricone and 33% Nero d’Avola. Aged 26 months in 100% new 500-liter chestnut barrels, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Rosso del Conte, which was aged in chestnut from 1970 to 1987. Inaugural vintage 2010.
Who is this producer?
Tasca d’Almerita
- La Monaca (Monreale): 100% Syrah from La Monaca.
Who is this producer?
Tenuta di Fessina
- Il Musmeci (Etna Rosso Riserva): 100% Nerello Mascalese from Contrada Moscamento. Named for the property’s previous owner, Ignazio Musmeci. Inaugural vintage 2007.
- Moscamento (7 ha): 700 meters in elevation in Rovittello. Northeastern exposition. Planted in 1932, 1950, and 2007.
Who is this producer?
Tenuta di Fessina
- Laeneo (Sicilia): 100% Nerello Cappuccio from Contrada Manzudda. Named for ancient Bacchanal gatherings. Inaugural vintage 2010.
Who is this producer?
Tenuta di Fessina
- Il Musmeci (Etna Bianco Superiore): 100% Carricante from Contrada Caselle. Aged two years in stainless steel, six months in tonneaux, and two years in bottle. Inaugural vintage 2012.
- Caselle, Volpare, and Rinazzo (3 ha): 1,100 meters in elevation in Milo. Eastern exposition. Planted in 1920 and 1930.
Who is this producer?
Bonavita
- Faro DOC: 60% Nerello Mascalese, 30% Nerello Cappuccio, and 10% Nocera. Inaugural vintage 2006.
Who is this producer?
Bonavita
- Rosato (Terre Siciliane IGP): 80% Nerello Mascalese and 20% Nocera. Inaugural vintage 2009.
Who is this producer?
Ayunta
- Parossismo (Etna Rosso): 100% Nerello Mascalese. Inaugural vintage 2012.
Who is this producer?
Ahyunta
- Navigabile (Etna Rosso): 90% Nerello Mascalese and 10% Nerello Cappuccio. Name references the 18th-century term for wines sturdy enough to withstand a long sea voyage.
Who is this producer?
Ayunta
- Calderara Sottana (Etna Rosso): 100% Nerello Mascalese.
Who is this producer?
Ayunta
- Piante/Sparse (Etna Bianco): 90% Carricante and 10% Catarratto. Inaugural vintage 2014. Name means “stray vines,” referencing the white plantings interspersed throughout the old red vineyards.
Who is this producer?
Alto Mora
- Guardiola (Etna Rosso): 100% Nerello Mascalese. Inaugural vintage 2013.
- Guardiola (7 ha): 120- to 150-year-old bush vines at 800 to 1,000 meters in elevation.
Who is this producer?
Alta Mora
- Feudo di Mezzo (Etna Rosso): 100% Nerello Mascalese.
Who is this producer?
Feudo Montoni
- Vrucara Prephylloxera (Sicilia): 100% Nero d’Avola from Vrucara. Inaugural vintage 1923.
- Vrucara: Pre-phylloxera Nero d’Avola bush vines on clay and sandy soils at 500 meters in elevation. Eastern exposition. Vruca, in the Sicilian dialect, refers to a wild bush that grows in the vineyard.
Who is this producer?
Feudo Montoni
- Masso (Sicilia): 100% Catarratto from Masso. Inaugural vintage 1982.
- Masso: 55-year-old Catarratto vines at 700 meters in elevation. Eastern exposition. The name, meaning “boulder,” references the rocky soils.
Who is this producer?
Fattorie Romeo del Castello
- Allegracore (Etna Rosso): Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio from vines planted in 2004. Inaugural vintage 2009.
- Allegracore: Vines up to 100 years old along with younger vines planted in 2004 on volcanic, sandy, stony soils at 700 meters in elevation. Northern exposition. The name means “the place that makes a happy heart.”
Who is this producer?
Fattorie Romeo del Castello
- Vigo (Etna Rosso): Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio from older vines. Only produced in exceptional vintages. Inaugural vintage 2007.
- Allegracore: Vines up to 100 years old along with younger vines planted in 2004 on volcanic, sandy, stony soils at 700 meters in elevation. Northern exposition. The name means “the place that makes a happy heart.”
