Mandrarossa Frappato 2025

Mandrarossa Frappato 

Region: Sicily, Italy

Vintage: 2025

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Frappato

ABV: 13%

This wine is intense ruby red in colour with purple hues. On the nose, it has aromas of morello and marasca cherries, notes of small red berries and sweet spices. The palate is bright and balanced with a long finish.

The vineyards for this wine are located near Menfi on the south-western coast of Sicily, at an elevation of 250 metres above sea level. They are south and west facing, planted on sandy soils and Guyot trained, with a density of 4,300-5,000 plants per hectare.

The grapes were machine-harvested at night over a period of 40 days to preserve quality and freshness. Maceration and fermentation took place over the course of 15-20 days at 16-18°C. The wine was then matured in steel vats for around four months before 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.