Marco de Bartoli Terre Siciliane Zibibbo “Pietranera” IGT 2024 750ml

Name: Marco de Bartoli Terre Siciliane Zibibbo "Pietranera" IGT 2024 750ml
Brand: Marco De Bartoli
SKU: 1004633
Price: 38.94 USD
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SKU 1004633

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100% Zibibbo. De Bartoli was the first to bottle a dry-fermented Zibibbo on the island of Pantelleria, where the hot climate and history bred a tradition of sweet, dried-grape-based wine. To do this, in the 1980’s Marco acquired a 3-hectare plot of Zibibbo vines planted in 1957 on north-facing terraces at 350 meters in elevation in the Cufurà district, a cooler, more shaded location more suitable to dry-wine growing (as opposed to the warmer Bukkuram-district vines from which De Bartoli makes its two passito wines). The making of dry Zibibbo was a natural evolution, in keeping with De Bartoli’s trajectory in Marsala on mainland Sicity, where Grillo-based dry whites joined their more tradtional Marsala wine line-up in the 1990’s.

These 60-year-old, alberello-trained Zibibbo vines are farmed organically, in poor but mineral-rich, black volcanic soils (hence the name Pietranera or “black stone”). After the harvest by hand in early September, the fruit is destemmed, gently pressed and then macerated with its skins for approximately 24 hours. After a 48-hour setting at cool temperatures, fermentation takes places in stainless steel vats with natural yeasts only. The wine then spends 6 months in stainless steel before bottling; total sulfur is a moderate 40 mg/liter.

Country: Italy
Region: Sicily

Size: 750ml
Color: White

SKU: 1004633

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Winery

Marco De Bartoli

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Varietal

Misc White

Country

Italy

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

Region

Sicily

The beautiful island of Sicily has been growing grapevines and producing wines for thousands of years, ever since the ancient Greeks first landed on its golden shores and noticed the island's true potential as a haven for quality grapes. Today, the island is one of Italy's primary wine regions, and even though over eighty percent of Sicily's grapevines are used for the production of sweet fortified wines, the remaining wineries making other wine styles are renowned around the world for their quality and character. Indeed, Sicilian wineries are famed for their ability to capture something of the sun-drenched region in their wines, and the vines they cultivate benefit enormously from the almost constant sunshine and the incredibly fertile volcanic soils which typify the island.