Top 100 wines of Sicily
Discover the top 100 best wines of Sicily as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Sicily and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Major qualitative renewal. Sunny, expressive reds: fleshy, spicy Nero d'Avola (black cherry, blackberry, liquorice), fine, mineral Nerello Mascalese on Etna (recalls Pinot Noir), light, crisp Frappato in Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG. Lively, saline whites: Catarratto, fat, iodised Grillo, taut Carricante, floral Inzolia. Amber, walnutty fortified Marsala.
107,000 Mediterranean ha, volcanic soils in the east. Sun wines, regained elegance and freshness.
Small, intensely coloured seedless grapes, mainly destined for raisin production. More rarely vinified into confidential sweet and liqueur wines from the Aeolian Islands, with a dark colour, luscious palate and aromas of candied black fruit, raisins and spices. Grown in the Cyclades (island of Lipari) and southern Italy. A seedless mutation of the Corinth raisin, an ancient Greek black variety.
wines from the region of Sicily go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or beef such as recipes of lamb shoulder confit, plain cupcakes or cataplana with seafood.