A blend of Listan Blanco, Albillo Criollo, and Verdello (the Portuguese varietal found in Madeira, not to be confused with Verdejo from continental Spain) from Cercado del Pino, a 1.5 hectare vineyard in Orotova. The Listan Blanco is pressed directly, full clusters, and fermented in concrete. The...
Here the Verdello gets the star treatment, and it isn’t blended with the other grapes. The wine is manually destemmed, and ferments in open top vats. Post-fermentation it is macerated on the skins for 25 days. It rests in demijohns for 8 to 9 months. Despite the hot, dry year (2020 was the...
This is a blend of Vijariego Tinto, which is directly pressed, and Gual, also destemmed manually and foot stomped, from Los Topes, a parcel in Orotava. Ferments in open top barriques with the Gual skins, and it rests for 5 months in 8 year-old French oak. Tart berry fruit in the palate, very...
65% Listan Prieto, with the rest of the wine being a blend Listan Blanco, Vijariego Negro, Verdello, Gual and Albillo Criollo from different vineyards, all vinified separately. The Listan Prieto is fermented whole cluster in open oak barrels, Verdello and Negramoll are direct pressed and fermented...
The Fior di Bianco and Fior di Rosso are Nino's first attempt at making a wine with multiple varieties from multiple vineyards. They're meant to be young, fresh, and accessible. 45% Grillo, 35% Catarratto, 15% Grecanico, 5% Zibibbo from 3ha of vineyards scattered throughout the Marsala zone, with a...
50% Pignatello aka Perricone, 50% Nero d'Avola from 2ha of vineyards, planted 2003-2013. Guyot + Alberello. 140m asl. Separate harvests and vinifications, macerations 14 days. Aged 70% in stainless steel, 30% in used chestnut tonneaux.
Catarratto (biotypes Lucido, Comune, and Catarratteddo) from the contradas of Bausa, Amafi, and Abbadessa, guyot and alberello, planted between 1993 and 2008. Fermented in stainless steel, 24 hours of maceration. Aged in concrete.
Zibibbo aka Muscat of Alexandria from 1.7ha in Contrada Casazze, planted in 2005, guyot. Fermentation in stainless w/ brief maceration, 18-20 hours. Aging in stainless steel and concrete.
Grillo from contrada Rina Vecchia, in Castelvetrano, about an hour's drive from the Baracco 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...
Catarratto, from a 0.8ha vineyard at sea level, recently taken in rental, vines planted in 1989. Sandy/silty topsoil, but chalk below the surface. Direct-pressed (no maceration), fermented in stainless steel and aged between steel and used oak tonneaux for 8 months. Tiny production of just 600...
Grillo from 0.2ha in Contrada Comuna (Mazara del vallo- iron-rich red soil) and Contrada Abbadessa (Marsala- limestone-based clay), both over limestone mother rock. Planted in 1977. The grapes are harvested in mid-September at full ripeness. Destemmed, crushed, with 24 hours of maceration....
Grillo from 0.2ha in Contrada Abbadessa, planted in 1989 in guyot, 140m above sea level. Harvest late August/early September. The grapes were destemmed/crushed and direct-pressed (no maceration). Fermentation and aging was in 54L glass demijohns. Aged 7 months in demijohn and the a year in...
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 oxidative wine called Altogrado. Once blended it's...