Catarratto
It is one of the oldest white grape varieties grown in Sicily, where it is widespread in all the provinces with the two main clones: common catarratto and glossy catarratto. However, its territory of choice remains the Trapani area, where it reaches high quality levels. Vinified in purity, it gives wines with good structure, with intense and elegant citrus and fruity aromas. The good base acidity also favors its longevity with interesting aromatic evolutions.
Sicilia DOC Catarratto 2024 Tenute Orestiadi
The Catarratto delle Tenute Orestiadi is an autochthonous variety white that comes to light from the white-ground hills of the Belice Valley, consisting mainly of limestone and chalk.
Fermentation takes place traditionally in white. The wine ages for 3 months in steel and for at least 4 months in bottle.
The color is bright yellow with greenish flashes. On the nose it fully expresses its Mediterranean character, with notes of white-fleshed fruit, peach, almond and orange blossom. The sip is elegan...
View product pageTerre Siciliane IGT Catarratto 2021 Feudo Maccari
The Terre Siciliane Catarratto by Feudo Maccari is produced with one of the most typical native white grapes of Sicily, the Catarratto.
The wine is made up exclusively of Catarratto grapes, which ferment in thermo-controlled steel tanks.
This wine has a bright straw yellow color, revealing citrus aromas on the nose such as cedar and yellow grapefruit together with notes of elderflower. The sip is fresh and balanced, with a discreet aromatic length.
Ideal to taste with raw fish and fried fish and ve...
View product pageSicilia Riserva DOC Il Bianco di Ludovico 2020 Tenute Orestiadi
Sicilian white inspired by Ludovico Corrao's dream, a dialogue between the Mediterranean culture represented by the indigenous Catarratto grape and the international one symbolized by Chardonnay, one of the most popular white varieties in the world.
The Catarratto and Chardonnay grapes undertake two separate vinification routes. After a short cold maceration, the must obtained by soft pressing of the grapes ferments spontaneously in steel by indigenous yeasts. The blend is composed and the result...
View product pageSicilia DOC Catarratto Buonsenso Tenuta Regaleali 2024 Tasca d'Almerita
The Sicilian white wine Buonsenso Regaleali di Tasca d'Almerita is born in the vineyards of the Regaleali Estate, in the province of Palermo, on hills that reach 900 meters above sea level
It is produced with 100% Catarratto grapes, harvested entirely by hand. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 14-16 ° C for 18 days. Subsequently the wine ages in the same containers on its own yeasts for 4 months before being bottled.
It is characterized by a straw yel...
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