
2024
Region
Italy › Sicily › Sicilia DOC
Type
white · still
Grapes
Grillo
Alcohol
13%
Volume
750 mL
Sugar
4 g/L
Same notes as just a few days before. Still that brilliant Grillo. Volcanic minerals, sea spray, preserved lemons, and that electric acidity that defines great Vignaverde. De Bartoli knows exactly what he's doing - no tricks, no nonsense, just pure Marsala terroir in a bottle. If you missed my previous note, here's the summary: buy this. If you read it already, you know what to do.
Blind this and you might think Chablis - not the grand cru stuff, but decent village+ level. This is why Sicily deserves more than the Planeta conversation. Neat minerality with just a touch of oxidation keeping things interesting. Shells and citrus mixed with yellow stone fruits. Obviously young (I mean, it's bloody 2024), but the acidity's bang on and it actually develops in the glass. Shows what Grillo can do when someone gives a damn. Sicily doing its beautiful thing.
Bukkuram Sole d'Agosto