2021 Barraco Grillo 'Le Dame' Sicilia IGT 1.5L Magnum, Sicily, Italy La Ciguapa 40% Frappato

40% Frappato

in 600-liter oak barrels (demi-muids)

nettles and coriander are macerated for a full week

clay and gravel soils

WHERE: Leon & Son's warehouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard

2021 Barraco Grillo 'Le Dame' Sicilia IGT 1.5L Magnum, Sicily, Italy La Ciguapa 40% FrappatoOnly made in magnum, this is a special Grillo from 0. 2ha in Contrada Abbadessa, planted in 1989 in guyot, 140m above sea level. Harvest late August early September. The grapes were destemmed crushed and direct pressed (no maceration). Fermentation and aging was in 54L glass demijohns. Aged 7 months in demijohn and the a year in bottle. A mere 280 1. 5L bottles made (8 demijohns). Le Dame means "The Ladies" but it is also a play on damigiane