Sicily

Region: Sambuca di Sicilia, Italy

Grape Variety: 100% Grillo

Tasting Notes: Straw yellow colour, bright and vivid, with golden highlights. Fresh and mineral, with hints of yellow flowers, peaches and citrus fruit. Tasty and full-bodied, with mineral hints. Lightly bitter at the end.

Food Pairing: Excellend with fish dishes (crab), fresh cheese, risottos, cous cous and fish soups. Great with smoked fish.

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Region: Sambuca Di Sicilia, Italy

Grape Variety: 100% Syrah

Background: This wine, of French origins, became famous and popular around the world because of Australian producers. It was introduced in Sicily in early ‘90s. It has a very low quantity for hectare and the maceration of its grapes has to be at controlled temperature for about 10-12 days.

Tasting Notes: This Sicilian ruby red wine has crimson highlights. The nose is taken by a fruity bouquet. Juicy ripe berry fruits such as blackberry - and sun-ripened cherries are revealed. On the palate, this wine has a wonderfully full body that is enveloped by lively, well-integrated tannins. The pleasant finish awaits with a wonderful freshness.

Food Pairing: This wine goes very well with red meat, barbecued and grilled meat, game birds and seasoned cheese.

Awards:
Luca Maroni 2023 - 92 points

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Region: Sambuca Di Sicilia AG, Italy

Grape Variety: 100% Nero D'Avola

Tasting Notes: Intense ruby red colour, with purpleish highlights. Complex aroma, with red fruit, balsamic and floral hints. Warm, long lasting, with aftertaste of wood flower.

Food Pairing: Best paired with T-bone steak, gourmet burgers and game. Delicious also with beef and mushrooms.

Awards:
Luca Maroni 2023 - 94 Points
Frankfurt International Trophy 2023 - Gold

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Region: Sambuca Di Sicilia AG, Italy

Grape Variety: 100% Nerello Mascalese

Tasting Notes: Bright ruby red, vivid, full and intense. Complex aroma of red fruits, spices and red flowers. Warm, full, soft and well-balanced, with red fruit aftertaste.

Food Paring: Best served with legumes, mushrooms and tasty meats. Perfectly matches with barbecue ribs and gourmet burgers.

Awards
Luca Maroni 2023 - 94 points
Mundus Vini 2023 - Gold
Berliner Wine Trophy 2023 - Gold
Sakura Awards 2022 - Gold

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Region: Sambuca Di Sicilia, Iatly

Grape Variety: 100% Nero d`Avola Biologico

Winemaking Process: After a very long fermentation with skin contact to extract colour, body and aromas, the wine is pressed. 50% of the wine is aged in barriques and 50% in concrete tanks for about 6 months, where it undergoes malolactic fermentation. The wine is then bottled to preserve the fruit flavours.

Tasting Notes: Deep ruby in colour, the bouquet is full of red and dark fruits, spicy and balsamic with eucalyptus hints. Notes of oak are present but this is a fruit full body wine with very long aftertaste.

Food Pairing: Matches perfectly well with medium aged cheese, meatball, roasted chicken and vegetables.

Awards:
Luca Maroni 2023 - 91 Points

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Region: Sambuca di Sicily (AG), Italy

Grape Variety: 100% Syrah

Winemaking Process: Sambuca di Sicilia, located 40 miles southwest of Palermo, has been producing wine for centuries, and Cantine Cellaro’s wines are an incomparable expression of the historical region. The Syrah grapes are grown on the hillside vineyards of Sambuca and the grape variety was introduced to Sicily in the early 90s. The grapes macerate with the skins for 10-15 days before fermentation and maturation in stainless steel.

Tasting Notes: Ruby red with crimson highlights. Red fruit aromas, fresh and balsamic hints. Full-bodied, vivid tannis with a fresh ending.

Food Pairing: Great with red meat, barbecued and grilled meat, excellent with first courses, game birds and seasoned cheese. Try it with eggplant caponata or braised cauliflower.

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Region: Sambuca di Sicily, Italy

Grape Variety: Nerello Mascalese & Nero d'Avola

Tasting Notes: Bright ruby red, vivid, full and intense. Complex aroma of red fruits, spices and red flowers. Warm, full, soft and well balanced with red fruit aftertaste. Due Lune expresses the harmonious balance between Nerello Mascalese and Nero d'Avola that can achieved.

Food Pairing: Perfect with anchovies, goat cheese, grilled meat and vegetables. Tasty first courses, grilled meat, important fish baked in the oven. 

Awards:
Berliner Wine Trophy 2023 - Gold
Mundus Vini 2023 - Gold
Concours International de Lyon 2021 - Gold
Frankfurt International Trophy 2021 - Gold

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Region: Sambuca di Sicilia,Italy

Grape Variety: Nero d'Avola & Syrah

Tasting Notes: Ruby red colour with strong purple glints. Full, warm, silky and sweet tannins. Fresh and mouth-filling with notes of red berries.

Food Pairing: Best served with salumi, tasty fish dishes such as soups or guazzetti or try it with tuna tartare.

Critic Scores:
Luca Maroni - 93 Points

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Region: Sambuca di Sicily (AG), Italy

Grape Variety: 100% Nero Mascalese

Background: Luma’s Nero d’Avola wears a friendly purple robe and elicits a smile from the moment it’s poured. For starters, a reassuring aroma complete with the scents of fresh berries, earth, and herbs, seeps from the glass to delight the nose. And in the mouth, Luma’s round, balanced mélange of fruit and earth grace the palate, before exiting gracefully with a nod and a smile. Neither massive nor complex, this Nero d’Avola doesn’t bully its way to the top; it charms its way with exceptional balance and eminent drinkability.

Tasting Notes: Deep ruby red, the aroma if full of red fruits and hints of spice with a pleasant balsamic note.

Food Pairing: Perfect when paired with charcuterie boards, meatballs in tomato sauce, grilled me and chops.

Award:
Berliner Wine Trophy 2023 - Gold
Japan Sakura Women's Wine Awards 2021 - Silver Medal

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Region: Italy, Sicily (Roseto degli Abruzzi, Manduria & Sambuca Di Sicilia)
Grape variety: Montepulciano, Primitivo & Nerello Mascalese

Tasting notes: Very deep red with garnet highlights. Very persistent with notes of cherry, plums, ripe blackcurrant, tobacco and final toasty taste. Great structure, soft, plenty of velvety tannins, very persistent with a long finish, spicy notes of vanilla and chocolate.

Food pairing: Excellent with red meat, game, rich sauces and cheese.

Awards
Frankfurt International Trophy 2020 - Gold Medal
Fespa Awards 2019 - Gold Medal in the Category 11th "Direct Printing on Three Dimensional Object"
Berliner Wein Trophy 2019 - Gold Medal: Caldora Yume Tre Autoctoni - no vintage

Region: Sambuca Di Sicilia AG, Italy

Grape Variety: 100% Nero d`Avola

Background: The Zabu wines are made from grapes cultivated in the noble wine region of Sicily. It is not without reason that this place is known as the gift of God. The Sicilian Island is the biggest in the Mediterranean region. The wine territory of Sicily not only includes this island but also the islands of Aeolia and Pantelleria. Close to 107000 hectares of land are planted with vines in this territory, making it an integral part of Italy’s wine history.

Tasting Notes: Ruby red, intense with purpleish highlights. Intense aromas with red fruit, balsamic and floral gints. Warm, long lasting with wood aftertaste.

Food Pairing: Pairs perfectly with first courses, pasta with ragout, eggplants caponata and medium-aged cheese.

Awards:
Mundus Vini 2023 - Gold
Luca Maroni 2023 - 94 Points

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Region: Terre Siciliane, Sicily, Italy

Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Grigio

Tasting Notes: Straw yellow colour with golden highlights. Complex with peach, grapefuit, lemon-lime flavours. Herbal aromas, hints of oak, vanilla and nutmeg. A medium-bodied wine with a pleasant aftertaste and good balance. The finish is long, clean, spicy yet delicate.

Food Pairing: This wine pairs well with rich first courses, white meat and cheese. It is also excellent with fish soup and roast fish.

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