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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2020 and 2024 (based on 9 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 88 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ezhyun71 on 10/17/2021: 4 괜찮아요 (240 views) | | | Tasted by ynps44@hanmail.net on 5/27/2021 & rated 83 points: 와인특유의향~~아직이름을 모름. (261 views) | | | Tasted by pilatus88 on 5/21/2021 & rated 90 points: I like this rather red fruit fresh and bright cab/merlot blend. Cocoa, vanilla, and a rather soft red berry finish. Good structure and very nice. (244 views) | | | Tasted by pilatus88 on 3/12/2021 & rated 89 points: Thick juicy and dark. Fully packed of dark fruit and a bit of sweet figs on top. Well balanced and very warm and yummy in texture. (298 views) | | | Tasted by gnsti on 2/27/2021 & rated 90 points: 과실향 폭탄, 바닐라, 오키한 노즈,
멜롯 블렌딩인데 굉장히 무게감이 있다. 탄닌도 부드럽고 잔당감도 꽤나 있다. 이탈리아 음식과 조합은 최고! (302 views) |
| Donnafugata Producer Website
DONNAFUGATA
Producing wines of quality, while respecting the environment and promoting the territory
Donnafugata was created in Sicily by an enterprising family with 150 years’ experience in premium wines. Giacomo Rallo and wife Gabriella, daughter José and son Antonio are engaged in an entrepreneurial project aimed at care for details and at putting people at the service of nature to make wines that increasingly correspond to the territory’s potential.
The Donnafugata adventure began in 1983 in the Rallo family’s historic cellars in Marsala and at its Contessa Entellina vineyards in the heart of western Sicily; in 1989 Donnafugata arrived on the island of Pantelleria, starting to produce naturally sweet wines. To date, overall Donnafugata production is obtained from 820 acres of vineyards, 650 at Contessa Entellina and 170 on Pantelleria.
The Contessa Entellina estates are located in the heart of western Sicily, where vineyards are an integral part of the landscape. On its 650 acres Donnafugata grows both indigenous grapes - Ansonica, Catarratto, Grecanico and Nero d’Avola – and the international varieties that have proven to adapt best to the territory’s soil and climate, like Chardonnay, Viognier, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah. Of recent introduction are also Sauvignon Blanc, Alicante Bouchet, Tannat and Petit Verdot. Cultivating 13 varieties was an agronomic decision aimed at valorizing the particularities of the different areas (soil, elevation, exposure) and producing complex wines with great personality.
On Pantelleria, a volcanic island lying between Sicily and Africa, Donnafugata has 170 acres planted with Zibibbo (Muscat of Alexandria) and a winery in the Khamma district that is a fine example of sustainable architecture. The vines, trained in bush form, are grown on small terraced plots delimited by drywalls in lava stone. Given such conditions, grape growing is almost entirely manual and even harvesting is very laborious.
The Marsala cellars, built 1851, are a living example of industrial archeology. The layout of the “baglio”, a typically Mediterranean warehouse, has been retained and features a spacious courtyard adorned with citrus and olive trees, and trussed wooden ceilings, the work of master carpenters of long ago. Today it houses a dynamic, productive enterprise whose aim is excellence. Here converge the products obtained at Contessa Entellina and on Pantelleria for refinement (in steel, cement and oak) and bottling.
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