De Bartoli, Pignatello, IGT Siciliane Rosso di Marco, 2021, 750 ml
Marco de Bartoli was a race car driver before he became the winemaker you know and love today. Rosso di Marco is his estate's only red wine. Tart cherries, sweet dried strawberries and citrus, herbaceous and almost minty with delicate tannins and spice. Read more
COUNTRY: Italy
REGION: Sicily
VARIETAL: Pignatello (Perricone)
VINTAGE: 2021
FARMING: Organic
SOIL: clay-loam
VINES: 28 years
WINEMAKING: The bunches are destemmed and fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks with occasional punchdowns and pumping-over. The wine is aged in oak for a year, in barrels ranging from 225 liters to 1 hectoliter.