Calabretta Nerello Mascalese Vigne Vecchie, Sicily, Italy 2016 Price_$30 - $50 5% Muscadelle

5% Muscadelle

Fermented 15% whole bunch and matured in old barrels both large and small

His Heathcote #1 bottling is fermented 100% whole bunch and is a beautifully expressive Syrah that brings out the lighter

and today he and his wife Heleana bottle the entirety of their production under the Domaine de la Touraize label

adding to the concentrated intensity that defines the estate’s style

Calabretta Nerello Mascalese Vigne Vecchie, Sicily, Italy 2016 Price_$30 - $50 5% Muscadelle100% Nerello Mascalese Practicing Organic View winemaker fact sheet Since the winerys founding in 1900, the Calabretta family has farmed and produced wines from Etnas ancient indigenous varietiesincluding Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccioin the mountains unique noble vineyards. The estate has been described as a thousand miles away from other Italian wine, but the gap might be better measured in time, since the estate seems stuck somewhere in