Mandrarossa Grillo 2025

Mandrarossa Grillo

Region: Sicily, Italy

Vintage: 2025

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Grillo

ABV: 13%

This wine is pale straw yellow in colour. On the nose, there are aromas of grapefruit, white peach, Sicilian nespola with a hint of basil. The palate is fresh and intense, with bright citrus and stone fruit characters culminating in a persistent finish.

The vineyards for this wine are located in the area around Menfi on the south-western coast of Sicily. Vines grow on south and southeastern facing hills at 80-200 metres above sea level on sandy soil. Vines are Guyot trained and planted at 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 maintained at these temperatures for four to six hours. The resulting must was then softly pressed and fermented in stainless-steel tanks for 15-20 days at temperatures of 16-18°C. The wine was aged for three months in the bottle before release.

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.