The Winery Abate Franca Alba of Sicily

Winery Abate Franca Alba
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 2609 of the estates of Sicily.
It is located in Sicily

The Winery Abate Franca Alba is one of the best wineries to follow in Sicile.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Sicily to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Abate Franca Alba wines

Looking for the best Winery Abate Franca Alba wines in Sicily among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Abate Franca Alba wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Abate Franca Alba wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Abate Franca Alba

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Abate Franca Alba

How Winery Abate Franca Alba wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of shrimp and chorizo risotto, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or lupine seeds for kemia (the aperitif).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Abate Franca Alba

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Abate Franca Alba. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Abate Franca Alba

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Abate Franca Alba.

  • Grillo
  • Catarratto Bianco

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.

The top red wines of Winery Abate Franca Alba

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Abate Franca Alba

How Winery Abate Franca Alba wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of venison stew with red wine, pasta carbonara or leg of lamb in braillouse.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Abate Franca Alba

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Abate Franca Alba. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Abate Franca Alba

  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Abate Franca Alba.

  • Nero d'Avola
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Nero d'Avola

Full-bodied, warm reds with deep colour and generous alcohol, with aromas of blackberry, black cherry jam, plum, liquorice, chocolate and Mediterranean spice. Ripe tannins and a broad, sunny finish. The star of Sicily (Nero d'Avola Sicilia DOC, Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG blended with Frappato, Eloro DOC). Native Sicilian variety, also called Calabrese, the most planted on the island.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Abate Franca Alba

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Abate Franca Alba

How Winery Abate Franca Alba wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Abate Franca Alba

  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5

The word of the wine: White Grenache

White grape variety cultivated mainly in Spain and a little in the south of France (southern Rhône valley, Languedoc-Roussillon). It is the white variety of Grenache noir. It is used in the blending of several white wines (dry wines or natural sweet wines) to which it gives richness, fatness and floral notes.

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Discover the grape variety: Grillo

Structured, aromatic whites with ample mouth and fresh acidity, featuring aromas of ripe citrus, yellow peach, exotic fruits, white flowers, Mediterranean herbs and marine saline notes. Tonic finish. A historic key component of Marsala DOC and star of the modern Sicilian dry white revival (Sicilia DOC). Native Sicilian grape, a natural cross of Catarratto × Moscato d'Alessandria.