Catarratto

	Varietals:	100% Catarratto
	Vineyard:	Contract Growers
	Appellation:	Sicily
	Fermentation:	Stainless Steel, 35% Underwent malolactic Fermentation.
	Wood:	no Wood
	Aging:	6 months in bottles

WINEMAKER NOTES: Full green gold in color. The nose has some lifted citrus and apricot but a full crčme caramel complexity derived from very ripe Catarratto fruit and 35% Malolactic fermentation. The palate is full and rich nutty Catarratto. The acidity is sufficient to carry the wine with a long persistent finish.

Catarratto: Catarratto is an indigenous white varietal extensively grown in Sicily. Highly productive, originally it was used for the production of Marsala, with little attention paid to vinification (because faults would be lost in the vinification process). Now it is also used to make a 100% varietal wine, as well as being blended with other varietals such as Chardonnay, into dry white wine. There are two strains; Catarratto Bianco Lucido, which is less widely planted, is considered to produce more aromatic and spicy wines, and to be superior to Catarratto Bianco Comune. The large amounts of Catarratto planted in Sicily are claimed to make it the second most widely planted variety in all Italy

Cararratto normally a blending wine, is emerging as a single varietal wine (much like merlot did). It is spicy and aromatic, with a mineral finish. Predominately grown in Sicily.

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