Winery Duca di CastelmonteAlcamo
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The Alcamo of the Winery Duca di Castelmonte is in the top 0 of wines of Alcamo.
Details and technical informations about Winery Duca di Castelmonte's Alcamo.
Discover the grape variety: Folle blanche
Very lively, tense whites with a lean palate and cutting acidity. Delicate aromas of green apple, lemon, white flowers, pear and iodine saline notes. Light, refreshing finish, best drunk young. Historic pillar of Cognac AOC before phylloxera (known as Gros Plant) and Armagnac AOC (called Picpoul or Piquepoul there); star of Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOC on Atlantic terroirs. Native French South-West variety, genetic parent of Colombard.
Informations about the Winery Duca di Castelmonte
The Winery Duca di Castelmonte is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 65 wines for sale in the of Alcamo to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alcamo
Sicilian DOC across Trapani and Palermo, plains and hills ventilated by Tyrrhenian breezes. Catarratto Bianco is the signature white (≥60% of the Bianco): dry, fresh and delicate with citrus notes (lemon, grapefruit) and a characteristic bitter-almond hint, lively acidity and taut minerality. Grillo (a Catarratto × Moscato cross) as an aromatic complement with citrus, peach and a mentholated hint. Inzolia and Grecanico as floral whites.
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.
The word of the wine: Oxidized
Altered by oxidation.
