Paolo Cali Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG Niscia – 2020

Certified organic. Made from a blend of 50% Frappato and 50% Nero d’Avola grapes grown on sand and limestone soils.

Pale garnet in colour with enticing red cherry, raspberry and herb aromas. Fresh and lively on the palate, this has spicy, mineral acidity, light to medium body and silky smooth, sensual tannins. Red cherry fruit flavours combine with herbs and a gentle earthiness. Remarkably clean and fresh for a wine from such a warm climate, with precision and minerality on the finish. A wine you want to drink a second glass of! 14.5% alcohol.

Enjoy with roasted or grilled red meats or serve slightly chilled with a tuna steak.

Only 50 cases were produced.

Drink 2024 – 2027.

Paolo Cali’s « Vini delle Sabbie » wine project is truly astonishing! His vineyards are located in the far southeast of Sicily, in Cerasuolo di Vittoria, the island’s only recognised Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG). Here, at a similiar latitude to Tunis, about 400kms to the west, he produces fresh, terroir-driven red wines from the local Frappato and Nero d’Avola grapes. As if it was not already hot and dry enough in this southerly part of the world, Paolo planted these vineyards on deep sand dunes, about 9kms from the sea. His Pruvuletta vineyard grows on ten metre deep sandy soils, whilst the soil in his Niscia vineyard is a mix of sand and limestone. Working in his vines in the hot summer months is impossible after 11am as the sand becomes too hot to walk on!