Producer: Tenute Senia - Sicily, Italy
Wine: 2023 Frappato IGT Sicilia "Ti Cuntu " DOC
Varietal: 100% Frappato
Tasting Notes: The wine is a ruby red with cherry-colored highlights. Intense and complex aromas of red fruits like strawberries and blueberries, intertwined with floral notes of rose and violet. On the palate, it reveals a rich array of intense red fruit flavors, complemented by soft and full-bodied textures, supported by gentle tannins.
Food: A wine that goes well with appetizers of vegetables and salami. Frappato goes well with first courses and main courses based on fish like fresh tuna, salmon, eel and mackerel Aging capacity: 2 - 3 years after bottling.
Cellaring: Drink now
Tenute Senia
Chiaramonte Gulf - Sicily, Italy
Tenute Senia was established in 1850 in the Chiaramonte Gulf (encompassing the districts of Senia, Mortilla and Serravalle) and the same family has been growing 43 acres of native grapes as well as 7 acres of olive groves and some carob trees and persimmons for 7 generations. No pesticides or herbicides are used on this property cared for by three women: Angela, the owner and winemaker, her sister Valentina, the cellar/export/hospitality manager and their mother Pina who helps with her lifelong expertise in all aspects of the process. This link between women and wine is reminiscent of the history of this area called Contrada Senia where, in the 15th century, a woman was already marketing and selling wines and oils. This single district is the equivalent of a climate and is rich in limestone soil with volcanic subsoil where Sicilia DOC, Vittoria DOC, and Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG shine.
