Sicily? Naturally!

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until the 1980s, Sicily was Italy's blending-wine supplier. Today it is one of the most richly concentrated natural wine landscapes in the Mediterranean.

We take you on a west-to-east journey: Pantelleria, Alcamo, Monreale, Vittoria, Etna, Lipari — twelve wines, six estates, nine autochthonous grape varieties.

Pantelleria · Alcamo · Monreale · Vittoria · Etna · Lipari

The Cases

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1 · Pantelleria and Marsala

Western Sicily, the point at which the natural wine story began. Marco de Bartoli walked away from the Marsala marketing industry in the early 1980s and made an oxidative wine that had to be called Vecchio Samperi, because it was no longer permitted to carry the designation “Marsala”. His sons run the estate today.

White · ca. 31 €

Integer Zibibbo Amphora 2022

Zibibbo · Pantelleria · Marco de Bartoli

De Bartoli's heirs in the Marsala-reformer tradition.

Skin-contact Zibibbo in buried terracotta tinajas, without sulphur, extended maceration. In the glass, amber-tawny. On the nose dried apricot and orange peel, on the palate a salty island depth and tannic firmness from the buried terracotta. With aged cheese and mostarda.

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White · ca. 33 €

Grappoli del Grillo 2023

Grillo · Marsala DOC · Marco de Bartoli

The other de Bartoli line — Grillo dry, cool-fermented, without any oxidative gesture.

Spontaneously fermented, in stainless steel and neutral wood, unfiltered. In the glass, pale yellow. On the nose white peach and camomile, on the palate chalky freshness with a saline finish. With crudo antipasti.

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2 · Alcamo

North of Trapani, at the foot of Monte Bonifato. Vito Lauria studied oenology in Udine and returned to Alcamo in 2005 to take over the family estate — minimal sulphur, no fining, everything spontaneous.

Red · ca. 12 €

Zio Paolo Nero d'Avola 2022

Nero d'Avola · Alcamo · Vino Lauria

Vito Lauria back from Udine — Nero d'Avola as very few know it.

Spontaneously fermented, brief maceration, aged in stainless steel only. On the nose sour cherry and dried thyme, on the palate light-footed and delicate, not jammy. With salsiccia and lentils or grilled lamb chops.

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3 · Monreale

In the Val di Mazara, north of Palermo. Case Alte represents the young generation working family parcels — organic, single-varietal, without hurry. Catarratto and Grillo, the two most widely planted whites on the island, finally treated as varieties in their own right.

White · ca. 19 €

4 Filari Grillo 2025

Grillo · Camporeale · Case Alte

Young organic address in Camporeale — a new generation on family parcels.

Four rows (filari) of a single variety, brief skin contact, aged in stainless steel. On the nose white apple and lemon balm, crisp and dry, with the salty bite of western Sicilian wines. With bottarga over spaghetti.

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White · ca. 19 €

12 Filari Catarratto 2024

Catarratto · Monreale DOC · Case Alte

Catarratto single-varietal — Sicily's most widely planted white finally given its own voice.

Twelve rows of Catarratto, spontaneously fermented, stainless steel, no wood. On the nose macchia herbs and green almond, on the palate broad and aromatic with a firm acidity and true Catarratto character. With pasta con le sarde.

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4 · Vittoria

The south-eastern corner of the island, 150 kilometres south of Etna. In 1980 a trio founded the estate COS here and decided to work with Frappato at a time when nobody wanted Frappato. Arianna Occhipinti, niece of COS co-founder Giusto, has taken up that thread and turned Frappato into a terroir variety.

White · ca. 21 €

SP68 Bianco 2024

Albanello, Muscat · Vittoria · Arianna Occhipinti

Arianna's cult natural wine line — SP68 is the provincial road between Pachino and Ragusa.

Maceration, spontaneous fermentation, aged in stainless steel and old wooden barrels. On the nose bitter orange and white pepper, dense aromatics with a bone-dry finish. A cult natural wine line of a generation. With grilled octopus.

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Red · ca. 21 €

SP68 Rosso 2024

Frappato, Nero d'Avola · Vittoria · Arianna Occhipinti

SP68 as a red — light, eminently drinkable, a generation's definition of natural wine.

Cuvée of Frappato and Nero d'Avola, spontaneous, brief maceration, stainless steel. On the nose wild cherry and damp earth, floral and spicy, on the palate juicy and thirst-inducing. With pasta alla Norma.

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Red · ca. 33 €

Il Frappato 2023

Frappato · Vittoria · Arianna Occhipinti

Arianna's flagship — single-varietal Frappato from old limestone and sandy hills near Ragusa.

Spontaneously fermented, moderately extracted, aged in old botti. On the nose violet and pomegranate, a hint of tobacco. On the palate silky — the Burgundy of Ragusa. With coniglio in agrodolce.

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5 · Etna

Europe's highest active volcano, 3,350 metres. Salvo Foti revived the Maestranza dei Vigneri here from 1988 onwards — a guild of vine craftsmen documented since 1435, organised as a cooperative. Three wines from the black soil.

White · ca. 40 €

VignadiMilo Etna Bianco Superiore 2022

Carricante · Etna 750 m · I Vigneri di Salvo Foti

Carricante at 750 metres on lava soil — Maestranza cooperative since 1435.

Alberello bush vines, no irrigation, aged on full lees in old botti. On the nose saline almond and white blossom, on the palate Riesling-like in its acid structure — carried by the black lava soil. With pesce spada in tegame.

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Red · ca. 32 €

Radica Rosso 2023

Grenache · Etna · I Vigneri di Salvo Foti

Grenache on Etna — the Spanish brought the variety to the Mediterranean; Foti holds the lava interpretation.

Alberello bush vines, spontaneous, brief maceration, old botti. On the nose red cherry and liquorice, dark berries, on the palate velvety tannins — Grenache on volcanic soil, a rarity. With tagliata di manzo.

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Red · ca. 30 €

I Vigneri Rosso 2023

Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio · Etna · I Vigneri di Salvo Foti

The Maestranza cooperative's cuvée — grapes from various members, vinified together.

Alberello on lava, spontaneous, aged in old botti. On the nose red berries and fresh pepper, saline minerality, dry — the cooperative model since 1435. With coniglio alla cacciatora.

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6 · Lipari

The Aeolian Archipelago, 30 kilometres north of the Sicilian coast, before the smoking Stromboli. Massimo Lentsch from Bergamo built a natural wine estate here from 2003 on pumice and obsidian — with vines from three distinct Mediterranean waves.

Red · ca. 18 €

Ypsilon Rosso 2021

Alicante, Korinthiaki, Nero d'Avola · Lipari · Tenuta di Castellaro

Massimo Lentsch's island cuvée — three varieties from three Mediterranean waves on one island.

Alicante from Spain, Korinthiaki from Greece, Nero d'Avola from Sicily — vinified separately, then blended. On the nose dark plum and sage, a saline edge, medium tannin — a Mediterranean crossroads in a bottle. With pesce spada alla ghiotta.

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Buon viaggio —
David

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P.S. — If you order the Sicily case, do add the Zalto Universal set of two. The right glass for all twelve wines, without needing to buy twelve glasses.