2019 Portelli Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

In the southeastern corner of Sicily, west of Modica and Ragusa, the town of Vittoria is the home of Sicily's sole DOCG (Italy's strictest form of wine certification), known as Cersuolo di Vittoria. Cerasuolo is a blend of Frappato and Nero d'Avola, and the two grapes when blended melt into each other in a harmonious symphony of flavor and texture.  Salvatore and his son Alessandro are masters of Cerasuolo, their family has been farming and making wine in the town of Vittoria since the 1860s. The wines are fresh, and joyful to drink, all while being faithful representatives of their native land. The estate is now organic certified, and they only grow Frappato and Nero d’Avola. This Frappato.

70% Nero d'Avola  30% Frappato fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. Aged for 9 mo in steel on its fine lees before bottling, bottled with minimal sulfur.