Sicily
Where once Sicilian wine meant Marsala, nowadays Sicily is quite a popular source of good table wine. It’s a long way south, but the heat of the Mediterranean is tempered by the altitude in central Sicily, particularly around Mount Etna.
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2019 PELORO Bianco Le Casematte
IGP Terre Sicilliane Sicily Italy 13.5% White
Grillo, Carricante. Practising Organic
A little less exuberant than the straight Grillo. Fine lemon and mandarin fruit. Long and linear.
Walter Speller, www.jancisrobinson.com
2020 PELORO Bianco Le Casematte
IGP Terre Sicilliane Sicily Italy 13% White
Grillo, Carricante.
This wine has now graduated to DOC Sicilia status in this 15,000-bottle edition. The Le Casematte 2020 Sicilia Bianco Peloro is a seafood-friendly blend of 65% Grillo and 35% Caricante (the grape name is spelled with one...(read more)
Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate (www.robertparker.com)
2019 MOFETE ETNA BIANCO Palmento Costanzo
Etna Sicily Italy 12% White
Carricante.
The 2019 Etna Bianco Mofete presents a savory bouquet of nectarine, ginger and dusty yellow flowers. It’s silky and pliant in feel, with ripe orchard fruits giving way to a more tactile display of salty minerals and inne...(read more)
Eric Guido, www.vinous.com
2018 BIANCO DI SEI ETNA BIANCO Palmento Costanzo
Etna Sicily Italy 12% White
Cataratto, Carricante.
Super example made from local Sicilian carricante grape grown organically at 800 metres on Etna's volcanic sand with a little cataratto to add crispiness and zip to a limey ripe dense white.
Rose Murray-Brown, The ScotsmanORDER
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