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Criante - Catarratto Macerato IGP Terre Siciliane `CM- Contrada Valle`
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy

Catarratto Comune, alberello (bush vines), planted in 1993, harvested in September at 33 hl/ha. The grapes are destemmed and then left to macerate on the skins for 8 days, with fermentation and aging in stainless steel. Aged 8 months and released in Sept 2022. Unfined/unfiltered. 1,600 bottles made...

Organic
DB4212-25

Criante - Catarratto IGP Terre Siciliane `C- Contrada Valle`
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4210-25

Ancestrale

Ancestrale - Vino Bianco 'Vino I'
Malvasia di Lipari from Sicily, Italy

100% Malvasia di Lipari, planted in 1970. 0.5ha plot in Contrada Porri near Valdichiesa, a valley between the two spent volcanoes--Monte dei Porri and Monte Fossa delle Felci. 250m, facing northwest. Sandy silty topsoil over lava rock. Harvest at the end of August at yields of 35hl/ha. Destemmed...

Organic
DB4319-24

Ancestrale - Vino Rosso 'Vino II'
from Sicily, Italy

Corinto Nero, Nerello Mascalese, and Perricone planted in 1970. 0.4ha plot in Contrada Porri near Valdichiesa, a valley between the two spent volcanoes--Monte dei Porri and Monte Fossa delle Felci. 250m, facing northwest. Sandy silty topsoil over lava rock. Harvest at the end of August at yields...

Organic
DB4320-24

Turi Marino

Turi Marino - Vermouth
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy

Brand-new in the US, Turi Vermouth is a red vermouth--of a pale, tawny color--with a white wine base, made from the certified-organic Catarratto grapes from Turi Marino's vineyard. The juice macerates with the skins for five days and ferments spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel...

Organic
DB4561-NV

Turi Marino - Nero d`Avola DOC Eloro Pachino "Turi"
Nero d'Avola from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4560-25

Turi Marino - Catarratto IGT Sicilia Bianco "Turi"
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4559-25

Turi Marino - Rosato IGT Terre Siciliane
Syrah from Sicily, Italy

100% Syrah. The Marinos have 7.5 hectares of vines, the majority being Catarratto and Nero d'Avola with just a tiny slice of Syrah, which is used exclusively for their dark, savory, spicy rosato. The organically farmed bush vines are harvested by hand and the bunches kept whole for direct pressing...

Organic
DB5692-25

Barraco

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Bianco G' (Grillo)
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Grillo from Contrada Rina Vecchia, in Castelvetrano, about an hour’s drive from the Barraco cellar. Vines planted in 1975. 10-20m above sea. Sandy, iron-rich red soil over limestone. 24 hours of maceration. Fermentations between stainless steel and 3000L chestnust cask. Aging between concrete and...

VM:93 Organic
DB4608-24

Barraco - Grillo Terre Siciliane 'Altogrado'
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Grillo from 0.2ha in Contrada Comuna (Mazara Del Vallo- iron-rich red soil over limestone mother rock). Planted in 1977. The grapes are harvested in mid-September at full ripeness. Destemmed, crushed, with 24 hours of maceration. Fermented and aged in used chestnut casks, topped up for 2 years and...

Organic
DB4614-17

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Fior di Bianco'
from Sicily, Italy

The Fior di Bianco series, first produced in 2021, blends multiple varieties from 3ha of vineyards scattered throughout the Marsala zone. It's meant to be young, fresh, and accessible while also highly territorial. 52% Grillo, 15% Grecanico (including a new 1.5-ha vineyard with 50-yr-old vines),...

Organic
DB4600-25

Barraco - Catarratto Terre Siciliane
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4606-24

Barraco - Zibibbo Terre Siciliane
Zibibbo from Sicily, Italy
VM:91 Organic
DB4610-24

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Biancammare'
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Grillo from Contrada Corleo in Petrosino. Seaside vineyard, 30m from the water and sometimes the tide brings in water and local marine plant called posidonia oceanica. 24 hours skin contact pre-fermentation. This wine used to have zero so2 but Nino's adding a little now, which locks in the briny...

Organic
DB4602-25

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Biancomatto'
from Sicily, Italy

Catarratto at 9.5% alcohol, Biancomatto is new and probably a one-off. This new vineyard site got attacked by the cicalina leafhopper, so photosynthesis shut down. Nino harvested when he thought it wasn't going to get any better. The wine ends up being quite good, juicy, and sunny. Direct-press...

Organic
DB8605-25

Barraco - Spumante Metodo Classico- Pas Dosè
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Grillo from same vineyard as Biancammare. It's direct-pressed, the must is allowed to oxidize and the vin clair is kept in stainless on the lees until the next harvest. In August 2022, some Grillo must and yeast were used to trigger the secondary fermentation to achieve metodo classico-level...

VM:93 Organic
DB4908-21

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Le Dame' (Grillo) MAGS
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Catarratto, from a 0.8ha vineyard at sea level in Contrada Spagnola, vines planted in 1989. Sandy/silty topsoil, but chalk below the surface.The grapes were destemmed/crushed and direct-pressed (no maceration). Fermentation and aging was in 54L glass demijohns. Aged 7 months in demijohn and then a...

Organic
DB5901-22

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Altomare'
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Grillo as a synthesis of Nino’s experience, from four different vineyards, planted 1975 to 2009, harvested in different periods and treated in different ways: part direct-pressed, part maceration, part whole-bunch infusion, part coming from Nino’s pre-British oxidative wine called Altogrado. Once...

VM:93 Organic
DB4612-22

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