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Mandrarossa Wines of Sicily: From 1999

Sicily

Mandrarossa wine was founded in Sicily in 1999. 

The founders spent more than 20 years studying the terroir. 

Etna's Black Soil

The soils include Etna’s black volcanic sands … 

Sicily

The Six Wines Tasted

Sicily

The six wines tasted came from various points of Sicily.

They included:

Mandrarossa Bonera (red)
Red Sicilia DOC
100% Nero d’Avola

Timperosse (red)
IGT Red Terre Sicilia
100% Petit Verdot

Urra di Mare (white)
White Sicilia DOC
100% Sauvignon Blanc

Bartolino Soprano (white)
White Sicilia DOC
100% Grillo

Terre Del Sommaacco (red)
IGT Red Terre Sicilia
100% Nero d’Avola

Cartagho (red)
Red Sicilia DOC
100% Nero d’Avola 
(aged for a year in barrique)

What I liked most about the wines is that their production was conducted in a way to showcase terroir.

Cartagho differed in that it had barrique aging.

I loved the two whites, yet had a slight preference for the Bartolino Soprano as I love Grillo – this was a fabulous expression of that grape.

Of the reds, all were excellent. The ultra-premium wine Cartagho could be served with a steak. 

Yet for everyday, I liked the Bonera – perhaps chilled for summer. 


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