WINERY: Due Terre
COUNTRY: Italy
REGION: Sicilia
APPELLATION: Terre Siciliane DOC
GRAPE: 100% Frappato
WINEMAKER NOTES: This is a rare and exclusive variety cultivated according to the criteria of sustainability and natural practices, in only a few hectares in the whole of Sicily, which reaches its ultimate expression in the red sands of Vittoria, not far from the sea.
TASTING NOTES: Light in color with soft tannins. An aromatic and pleasing red, as are few others. Refreshing acidity with ripe red fruit. Very accessible and best served chilled.
PAIRING SUGGESTIONS: Try it with tuna prepared in a delicious carpaccio style, also great with cured meats, roasted vegetables and pastas such as rigatoni alla Norma or spaghetti Puttanesca.
ABOUT THE WINERY: Due Terre Wines is a collaboration between friends, Alcamo native Vito Lauria and California-based wine merchant Catherine Stratton. Vito returned to Sicily in 2005 after getting his Enology degree in Udine in 2003 and spending a few years working at wineries in Northern Italy. With Catherine's help, he revitalized his family’s old winery in Alcamo and worked his relationships with the local small family that he had known since childhood. All Due Terre wines are from certified organic growers who have been working this way for many, many years and all are single varietal bottling, to showcase the unique character of each native grape.
Listed vintage subject to availability