The Winery Rocca dei Butteri of Sicile

Winery Rocca dei Butteri
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Sicile.
It is located in Sicile

The Winery Rocca dei Butteri is one of the best wineries to follow in Sicile.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Sicile to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Rocca dei Butteri wines

Looking for the best Winery Rocca dei Butteri wines in Sicile among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Rocca dei Butteri 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 Rocca dei Butteri wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Rocca dei Butteri

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Rocca dei Butteri

How Winery Rocca dei Butteri wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of wild boar with honey, pasta romantica or irish stew.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Rocca dei Butteri.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Nero d'Avola

Discovering the wine region of Sicile

Sicily is the Southernmost region of Italy, and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. For over 2500 years, Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) has been an important centre of Mediterranean viticulture, although the reputation and style of its wines have changed considerably over time. The island was once best known for its Sweet muscatels (see Pantelleria), and later for its fortified Marsala. Today, many of its best-known wines are Dry table wines produced under the regional designation IGT Terre Siciliane, or Sicilia DOC (see below).

At its widest point, Sicily measures 280 kilometers (175 miles) from east to west, and about a third of that distance from North to south. Its roughly triangular shape earned the island the nickname Trinacria (the triangle) in the Middle Ages and is reflected in the triskelion (a three-pronged pattern) at the Center of the regional flag. With constant sunshine and moderate rainfall, Sicily's classic Mediterranean Climate is ideally suited to wine Grape production. The Warm, dry climate means that mould and rot are kept to a minimum, especially in well-ventilated areas that benefit from coastal breezes.

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Discover the grape variety: Auxerrois

Auxerrois is a white grape variety native to Lorraine, which is also found in Alsace and in the Loire Valley, where it took off in 1950. Its name comes from the nurseries in Auxerre where it found refuge during the Second World War. Often called Pinot Auxerrois, it is part of the Moselle, Alsace and Côtes-de-Toul AOC grape varieties. Auxerrois should not be confused with côt or malbec, which are red grape varieties from the Cahors region and which may bear the same name. The bunches of Auxerrois are of medium size with small berries. It is a semi-late grape variety whose buds only come out when temperatures are well above 10°C. Auxerrois wines are characterized by finesse and acidity and subtle aromas of exotic fruits, fruits and white flowers. In France, it represents 1,600 hectares of production and some small parcels of Auxerrois are also present in Luxembourg, Germany, Canada and South Africa (2,300 hectares in total).

News about Winery Rocca dei Butteri and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Olfaction

Perception of odours and aromas by the olfactory bulb. Retroolfaction is the same phenomenon inside the mouth via the retronasal route.