Freshness and elegance characterize the majority of white wines Sicilian. Is accompanied by light hors d'oeuvres, a platter of cold meats, a good fish dishes but also more challenging when it comes to a white man aged in barriques.
Wine that opens in a delicate floral and fruity aromas, which features yellow apples. The palate is dry, cool in acidity and moderate alcohol content and balanced.
The wine made its debut in 1992 as Chiarandà del Merlo from the names of the two vineyards where the Ansonica and Chardonnay grapes were grown. Ten years later the name has been simplified to Chiarandà and the label has been enriched with a female figure that suggests complexity and refinement.
Chiaramonte ansonica was created as an act of reverent homage towards this important and widely-planted Sicilian variety. Made from 100 % Ansonica, it displays a fine lemon golden colour with greenish hints and a nose full of citrus flowers and wild herbs. On the palate, it is wonderfully clean and fresh, with a silky texture and notes of toasted almonds on the finish
This is our most important white wine, that has given us worldwide succes. This year's vintage is even better than last year's. It has a faschinatinf golden yellow colour, with elegant hints of fresh flowers and fruits (melon, white prunes and peaches) on her rare soft vanilla base. On the palate it's surprisingly elegant, flavourful enveloping and very sure of itself and its well deserved international fame.
A variety with an extraordinary, universal appeal: Grillo 100 %. First brought to Sicily by the Phoenicians, it has managed to survive since then by appealing to countless generations of winedrinkers. First of all it entices with its brillant golden colour; then seduces with its intoxicating and complex aromas of almonds, apples, white flowers with hints of sage, thyme and rosemary. The palate shows Grillo's noble breed with a full, yet caressing structure. Finally, The perfect equilibrium of fruit, texture and acidity crown Grillo's natural birthright as a wine of unique character.
The Minnella, autochtonous wine white Berry, is only cultivated in the region etnea and is always subsidiary to the Nerello Mascalese e/o to the Carricante. The name Minnella "white Minnedda "you/he/she has been attributed him by the wine-growers etnei for the original one "Zone of production: Mountain it Shuts, the volcanic cone to the lowest quota in the east slope
Carricante 100%, grown as alberello (free standing bush). This indigenous vine is cultivated only on Etna. Its name seems to attributed by the vine-grovers of Viagrande because of its characteristics of allowing a good, constant production over the years.
To the taste it results to be a wine of good, with correct freshness and sapid. Excellent the harmony and the persistence of the aromas. "Type denomination Sicily IGT
Bouquet perfumes typical of the variety Müller Thurgau. Taste To the taste results to be a wine of good body end introducing besides himself/herself/itself, balanced, with correct freshness and sapidità. Excellent the harmony and the persistence of the aromas. "Type denomination Sicily IGT
To the taste him confirmation a dry wine with full and rich body, to the palate it has a good softness with a long aromatic persistence varietale. "Type denomination Sicily IGT
Name that datum locally comes to the striped stones, of flinty nature, that you/they are found in the particular existing ground in the place Saint Pianetto Cristina Freezes. "Type denomination: Sicily IGT
A warm, rich and elegant wine with a marked aromatic fragrance which integrates well with the touches of vanilla from the fermentation in barriques. Taste. Silky, balanced and well-structured
Chardonnay, picked almost mature and gilded by a prolonged sun. After the pressing the gotten must has passed to ferment in new barriques of French oak.
The label displays the face of a woman, mysterious and fleeting, like the Elymian civilization. Anthilia is the name, given in the Roman period, to the city of Entella on the crest of the Rocca. Anthilia is also the name of a wine that is identified with the ancient territory where it originates. It is the first wine to have been conceived at Donnafugata and it remains today a special favorite of many admirers.
The white wines produced in Sicily is different from those of other parts of the world for various characteristics. A first distinction is recognizable in the area of production that gives the finished product footprint associated with the unique terrain of the cultivation of vines (in Sicily it is possible to identify areas with clay soils, volcanic, silty, calcareous etc.). Another key feature the mean temperature and the alternative of several seasonal winds. The Mediterranean Sea moderates the crops during the hot Sicilian summer and acts as a natural preservative, respectful of vegetation for centuries, providing abundant production of wine grapes. Sicilian white wines are well structured and full bodied, with hints of peach and almond scent blossoming with a slight aftertaste of apricot.
