Alessandro Viola Note di Rosso

Vintage: 2024

Origin: Sicily, Italy

Grapes: Nero d'Avola, Nerello Mascalese & Perricone

Alcohol: 12.5%

"The perfect Sicilian blend", as Alessandro says, juicy and thirst-quenching, typically Mediterranean with summer strawberries and liquorice root flavours. The fruit-forward nero d'avola is planted in a valley inland near Santa Ninfa, while the rustic nerello and earthy perricone come from Alcamo, a 10-year-old massal selection from local old vines. Alessandro insists on the fact that the massal of nerello does not come from the Etna; Alcamo’s nerello is somehow different and better-suited to the area. Grapes were totally destemmed, a week of maceration followed by fermentation and ageing in stainless steel.