Le Casematte

Italy, Sicily
https://lecasematte.it/en/homepage-english/

There can't be too many wine estates named after WWII gun emplacements, but the three concrete casemattes among the vines designed to protect the Strait of Messina have indeed inspired the name of Le Casematte - "a place where grapevines have supplanted death" they say on their web-site, probably quite profound. Le Casematte was founded in 2008 by former footballer Andrea Barzagli and accountant Gianfranco Sabbatino. The vines are in the north of Sicily, with vineyards rising to 500m above sea-level, and northerly exposures helping to mitigate the southern sun-shine. They are committed to organic farming.

2019 GRILLO Le Casematte

IGP Terre Sicilliane Sicily Italy 12.5% White
Grillo. Organic

Aromatic, preserved lemon, peach fruit, palate is richly textured, stone fruit, quince and aromatic pear, still good acid weight and length.

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2019 NERO D'AVOLA Rosso Le Casematte

IGP Terre Sicilliane Sicily Italy 14% Red
Nero d'Avola.

This is a lighter bodied style with a lighter crimson hue to match. Lovely intensity of strawberry, cherry and raspberry fruit, the palate has a gentle extraction of ripe acid, that underpins a succulent fruitiness, roun...(read more)

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