Top 100 wines of Sicily - Page 2

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.

Discovering the wine region of Sicily

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.

Discover the grape variety: Nerello Cappuccio

Supple, fruity reds with a light ruby color, smooth tannins and a round palate, offering signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry), plum, soft spices and volcanic notes. A charming profile adding roundness and fruit to blends. Essential component of Etna Rosso DOC blended with nerello mascalese, the signature of great volcanic Sicilian reds on Etna's slopes. Italian indigenous variety from Sicily.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Sicily

wines from the region of Sicily go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce, eggplant lasagna or dad's lamb mouse.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Sicily

On the nose in the region of Sicily often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of oaky, tropical or citrus. In the mouth in the region of Sicily is a powerful.