GRILLO | VIGNA DI MANDRANOVA

From our Grillo vineyards on the Mandranova Estate comes a wine of extraordinary freshness and balance, captivating interpretation of the most famous vine of Sicilian oenology.

WINE TYPE

white – DOC Sicilia – BIO

 

GRAPE VARIETY

100% Grillo

 

SERVING TEMPERATURE

10 – 12°C

 

SUGGESTED GLASS

medium size tulip-shaped glass to fully enjoy the bouquet

 

BEST WITH

matchless with risotto with artichokes, with red mullet fillets or swordfish rolls

A very fresh and aromatic wine, coming from one of the most renowned grape of the island that is perfectly adapted to the Contrada Mandranova’s microclimate. Its tropical and citrusy notes, cleverly enhanced by the work in the vineyard are combined to a long and mineral finish.

 straw yellow with bright green reflections.

AdC_olfatto@2x overwhelming and impactful with its fresh notes of grapefruit, papaya, mango, passion fruit well balanced by the most delicate of white peach and elderflower.

AdC_palato@2x

The strong mineral entry, almost salty, evolves into a powerful, long and well-balanced sweet final.

Grillo Vigna di Mandranova 2021

  • Silver Medal – Decanter World Wine Awards
  • 92 Points – Falstaff Sizilien Trophy
  • 86 Points – Vinous

 

Grillo Vigna di Mandranova 2020

  • 92 Points – Falstaff Sicilia Trophy
  • 91 Points – Wine Enthusiast
  • 90 Points – DoctorWine Guida Essenziale Vini d’Italia 2022
  • Silver Medal – Decanter World Wine Awards
  • Red Award – The Wine Hunter Award Merano Wine Festival
  • 4 Stars – Vinibuoni d’Italia 2022 Touring Club Italiano
  • 5 Foglie – Guida Vini Bio

Grillo Vigna di Mandranova 2019

  • 92 Points – Falstaff Sicilia Trophy
  • 91 Points – Wine Enthusiast
  • 90 Points – Vinitaly International Wine Guide 5 StarWine The Book Wine Without Walls
  • 90 Points – DoctorWine Guida Essenziale Vini d’Italia 2021
  • Attestato di eccellenza – Guida Vini Bio
  • Bronze Medal – Decanter World Wine Awards
  • 4 Stars – Vinibuoni d’Italia 2021 Touring Club Italiano

 

Grillo Vigna di Mandranova 2018

  • Tre Bicchieri – Vini d’Italia 2020 Gambero Rosso
  • 93 Points – DoctorWine Guida Essenziale Vini d’Italia 2020
  • 91 Points – Vinous
  • 4 Stars – Vinibuoni d’Italia 2020 Touring Club Italiano
  • Red Award – The Wine Hunter Award Merano Wine Festival

Grillo Vigna di Mandranova 2017

  • 92 Points – Falstaff Grillo Trophy
  • 92 Points – DoctorWine Guida Essenziale Vini d’Italia 2019
  • Silver Medal – Concours Mondial de Bruxelles

 

Grillo Vigna di Mandranova 2016

  • Golden Star – Vinibuoni d’Italia 2018 Touring Club Italiano
  • 91 Points – Vinous
  • 91 Points – DoctorWine Guida Essenziale Vini d’Italia 2018
  • 89 Points – Wine Enthusiast
  • Bronze Medal – Decanter World Wine Awards

Soil composition | hilly, clay-loam with medium presence of skeleton

Altitude | 340 meters above sea level

Age of vines | 2009

Production area | Contrada Mandranova in the Camporeale countryside

Training system | espalier training with Guyot pruning

No. of vines/hectare | 4.000

Yield/hectare | 7.0 tonnes

Harvest period | second ten days of August with manual harvest and grape selection

Crushing | the grapes are destemmed and cooled, then softly crushed in absence of oxygen

Alcoholic Fermentation | 15 days, in steel tanks, at low temperature (14-15 °C)

Ageing | 6 months in steel tanks on the fine lees at 10-12 °C

Bottle ageing | 2 months at controlled temperature (18 °C)