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Medium-dark in appearance, with a ruby hue and violet edges. An intense bouquet of red fruits, like drying dark cherries, fresh savory herbs like tobacco, and a hint of vanilla. Delicious and energetic, the 2021 edition of this Sicilian favorite is fresh and expressive, despite a hot and dry vintage characterized by the Scirocco winds.
That fresh style is partly due to making a selection of only the most balanced grapes, which means lowering production. The other part is place: Gulfi's vines for this bottling are on the southeastern protrusion of the island near the town of Chiaramonte Gulfi, elevated above the coastal plain that faces Tunisia. Here, altitudes of around 420-450m above sea level, on weathered soils of sand and calcareous marls, there's a bit of relief from the heat and more protection from drought (on a landscape map you can see the transition from brown tones to greener ones along this strip of high hills).
An easy-drinking - but characterful - red, this goes with Mediterranean first courses, like those based on legumes and hearty grains, and can handle flavorful combinations of herbs and spices. Try it with baked eggplant parmigiana (but use an original Italian recipe)!
The Nero d’Avola variety, sometimes incorrectly referred to as Calabrian (from the region of Calabria), is considered as the most typical and representative red grape of Sicily.
Medium-dark in appearance, with a ruby hue and violet edges. An intense bouquet of red fruits, like drying dark cherries, fresh savory herbs like tobacco, and a hint of vanilla. Delicious and energetic, the 2021 edition of this Sicilian favorite is fresh and expressive, despite a hot and dry vintage characterized by the Scirocco winds.
That fresh style is partly due to making a selection of only the most balanced grapes, which means lowering production. The other part is place: Gulfi's vines for this bottling are on the southeastern protrusion of the island near the town of Chiaramonte Gulfi, elevated above the coastal plain that faces Tunisia. Here, altitudes of around 420-450m above sea level, on weathered soils of sand and calcareous marls, there's a bit of relief from the heat and more protection from drought (on a landscape map you can see the transition from brown tones to greener ones along this strip of high hills).
An easy-drinking - but characterful - red, this goes with Mediterranean first courses, like those based on legumes and hearty grains, and can handle flavorful combinations of herbs and spices. Try it with baked eggplant parmigiana (but use an original Italian recipe)!
The Nero d’Avola variety, sometimes incorrectly referred to as Calabrian (from the region of Calabria), is considered as the most typical and representative red grape of Sicily.
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