Marco De Bartoli
Vignaverde Grillo 2023
Other years:
2025| Denomination | DOC Sicilia Grillo |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Area | Sicily (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Grillo |
| Aging | 6 months on its own lees in stainless steel tanks |
| Other years | 2025 |
- Name and region: Sicilia DOC from Contrada Samperi, Marsala (Trapani)
- Grape variety and vintage: 100% Grillo, 2023 harvest; 12.5% vol, 0.75 l bottle
- Sensory profile: notes of peach, dried fruit, citrus, minerals and a pink grapefruit finish
- Vinification: gentle pressing, indigenous yeasts in steel, minimal use of sulphites
- Pairings: 10-12 °C, wholemeal pasta, sea bass, lean fish and Sicilian truffle
Description
What kind of wine is it
Vignaverde by Marco De Bartoli is a vibrant white wine from Sicily, made from Grillo grapes. This youthful interpretation presents a straw yellow colour with subtle greenish highlights. On the nose, it offers delicate notes of peach and dried fruit, accompanied by pronounced citrus and mineral hints. The palate is savoury and well-balanced, supported by a lively acidity that leads to a persistent finish, characterised by a pleasant memory of pink grapefruit.
Where does it come from
This wine originates from the Marsala area, within the territory of Contrada Samperi. The calcareous soils, with a medium texture tending towards sandy and a flat landscape, provide the ideal environment for an authentic territorial expression. The young vines are cultivated using the Guyot trellis system to enhance the grape variety's identity. These pedoclimatic conditions give the glass a profound sense of freshness and savouriness.
How is it produced
Harvesting begins in August with a careful manual selection of the bunches. In the winery, the grapes undergo gentle pressing, followed by natural cold settling of the must for forty-eight hours. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature and is triggered exclusively by indigenous yeasts. Finally, the wine undergoes maturation in steel on its fine lees for six months, an ideal choice to preserve the fragrance and persistence of the drink.
History and Curiosities
Produced in the Samperi vineyard in Marsala, Vignaverde is a vibrant interpretation of the native Grillo grape, crafted by Marco De Bartoli. This elegant Sicilia DOC originates from young vines to embrace a spirit of curiosity and experimentation, celebrating the territorial identity in its various facets. The result of careful hand harvesting, the wine ferments in steel tanks thanks to the action of indigenous yeasts and with minimal use of sulphites. Six months of ageing on fine lees gives this 2023 expression a pure freshness, ideal for those seeking authenticity.
Tasting notes
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
12 - 14 °C
Longevity:
03 - 05 years
- Start up year: 1980
- Oenologist: Renato e Sebastiano De Bartoli
- Bottles produced: 250.000
- Hectares: 25
Marco De Bartoli has signs of these every day fights, but he has won against all odds, with the tenacious, stubborn conviction of being right, and in order to demonstrate it, he speaks a lot, as it is common in Sicily, not to speak about himself, but to allow me to drink: here it is his greatest evidence.
Today he has a family of which he is proud of: Renato and Sebastiano, sons, are quite adults, while Josephine, the younger daughter, inherited the name of his great-grandmother, of French origins. Read more
| Name | Marco de Bartoli Vignaverde Grillo 2023 |
|---|---|
| Type | White green still |
| Denomination | Sicilia DOC |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Grillo |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Vendor | Marco De Bartoli |
| Story | History and Curiosities Produced in the Samperi vineyard in Marsala, Vignaverde is a vibrant interpretation of the native Grillo grape, crafted by Marco De Bartoli. This elegant Sicilia DOC originates from young vines to embrace a spirit of curiosity and experimentation, celebrating the territorial identity in its various facets. The result of careful hand harvesting, the wine ferments in steel tanks thanks to the action of indigenous yeasts and with minimal use of sulphites. Six months of ageing on fine lees gives this 2023 expression a pure freshness, ideal for those seeking authenticity. |
| Origin | Contrada Samperi, Marsala (TP) |
| Soil composition | Calcareous soil, medium-textured, tending towards sandy, flat. |
| Cultivation system | Guyot trellis |
| Plants per hectare | 3,500 |
| Harvest | From the second ten days of August |
| Production technique | Soft pressing; natural cold decanting of the must; fermentation with indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks; brief ageing on fine lees in steel; minimal use of sulphites |
| Wine making | Manual selection of the grape bunches; gentle pressing; natural cold settling of the must for 48 hours; fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature; minimal use of sulphites. |
| Aging | 6 months on its own lees in stainless steel tanks |
| Total acidity | 6.39 gr/L |
| PH | 2.9 |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |