Manenti, Frappato & Nero d'Avola, Cerasuolo di Vittoria, Sicily, Italy 2023 merch Aligoté is a light bodied

Aligoté is a light bodied white that often ends up unfairly lost in Chardonnay’s shadow

The vineyard receives no treatments whatsoever and is planted directly into the rock (slate)

They employ organic and biodynamic practices in the vineyards

named "Lame"

Manenti, Frappato & Nero d'Avola, Cerasuolo di Vittoria, Sicily, Italy 2023 merch Aligoté is a light bodied50% Nero dAvola, 50% Frappato The soil is a mixture of sand and clay. 20 to 40 years old vines. 6000 bush vines per hectare. The vines are manually harvested in the first week of October. The temperature controlled maceration lasts 8 to 10 days. The wine is then aged in French oak for 6 months. The age of the vines varies from 20 to 40 years. The sandy and clay soil reaches so deep that no irrigation is ever needed. Clay endows the wine with longevity