Rosso 2024 Colour|Aperitif Sweet & Fortified

Rosso 2024 Colour|Aperitif Sweet & FortifiedUnmistakably Sicilian this Nero dAvola and Frappato blend screams sunkissed fruit, Mediterranean herbs and brine. The two varietals sit side by side in harmony Nero dAvola contributing spice, tannin and robustness while the Frappato contributes ease and red cherry frutiness. This is a natural wine that feels resolutely Mediterranean, with plush tannins and flavours of ripe Southern fruits, flowers and wild, resinous herbs. 2023 certainly feels a

half into old 220-litre barrels and half into fibreglass cuve to rest for 10 months

dotted with flint

macerated for just 4 days in a gentle infusion and then aged in steel

After a very gentle pressing

Providing such great value and easy drinking it's not hard to see why

this singular red/white blend of Catarratto and Pignatello really captures the essence of this far-flung volcanic island

This is unofficial Prosecco (wine from the region but classified as ‘glera frizzante’ instead) made col fondo-style - meaning the lees from the second fermentation are left in the bottle

to gently macerate and infuse

the Oustrics prefer to open this ice cold as a bracing aperitif

rather than a typical wine

Very easy to get on with

The body is unabashedly full