On of our favourite 'orange' wines, this is a great style if you don't want anything too funky but all of the extra texture and nuance that come with a 'skin' contact white. It is loaded with personality, texture and juiciness, all with the benefit or being natural and unmanipulated.
Expect a straw yellow, bright but slightly turbid in colour thanks to the natural approach to winemaking, with no stabilisation, fining or filtration which results in a wine with very low sulphur levels. The bouquet is a wonderful mix of citrus, grapefruit, apple and white flesh fruits that all but mask the hint of elderberry and pleasant notes of Mediterranean flora.
The Details:
Grape: Cataratto
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
Abv: 13%
Style: Natural, orange, juicy, herbal, dry, textured
The Producer:
The Vesco family make fragrant wines, organically grown in a certified organic agriculture.
They represent the best and most typical style of winemaking in western Sicily: crisp Catarratto and perfumed, fresh Nero d'Avola from their hillside vineyards. Cantine Rallo have vineyards in three sites in western Sicily: Alcamo for Catarratto and Nero d'Avola; Marsala for Grillo and Pantelleria for the Zibbibo that makes their delicious Passito di Pantelleria. Their grapes tend to be picked earlier in the year than many of their neighbours which produces their customary bright, fresh style of wine.
