Mandrarossa Fiano 2025

Mandrarossa Fiano

Region: Sicily, Italy

Vintage: 2025

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Fiano

ABV: 12.5%

This wine is bright yellow in colour with youthful hues. On the nose, it has fresh and fragrant aromas of jasmine, basil and grapefruit, tomato leaf and laurel. The palate is fresh and mineral, with hints of aromatic herbs such as oregano and mint, and excellent length.

The vineyards are located on hillside sites that face south and south-east, at 150-350 metres above sea level. Soils consist mainly of limestone and silty sand, and are medium-textured. The vines are Guyot trained, with a density of 4,000-4,500 plants per hectare.

The grapes were crushed and destemmed before being immediately cooled to 5–8°C and left on the skins for 4–6 hours to maximise flavour extraction. They were then gently pressed, and the juice was clarified at low temperature for 36 hours. Fermentation followed in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks at 16–18°C, lasting 15–20 days. The wine remained in stainless steel for four months prior to bottling.

The Mandrarossa wines come from a selection of the best sites from Cantine Settesoli’s 6,000 hectares of vineyard, situated in southwestern Sicily and planted with 32 different grape varieties. The vineyards are split between the 2,000 members of the co-op, and cover the area around Selinunte, the hauntingly beautiful ruins of a Greek town founded 2,600 years ago. Cantine Settesoli helps to support the restoration of this archaeological site.