Marco De Bartoli
Grappoli del Grillo Riserva 2023
| Denomination | DOC Sicilia Grillo |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Area | Sicily (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Grillo |
| Aging | 12 months in French oak barrels of various sizes with the lees in suspension (bâtonnage technique) until maturity. Ages well in the bottle. |
- Grape variety and origin: 100% Grillo from Contrada Samperi, Sicily Grillo DOC
- Vinification process: cold settling for 48 hours and fermentation with indigenous yeasts
- Ageing: 12 months in French oak barrels on the lees with regular bâtonnage
- Organoleptic characteristics: intense aroma, significant structure, complexity and refined persistence
- Serving temperature and pairings: serve at 12–14 °C, ideal with flavourful and characterful dishes
Description
What kind of wine it is
Grappoli del Grillo by Marco De Bartoli is an organic white wine that celebrates the authenticity of the Grillo grape variety. An expression of the renowned Sicily region, it offers an intense aromatic profile and a deep bouquet. On the palate, it reveals a great structure, a harmonious body and an elegant persistence. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts and the careful use of wood preserve the primary aromas, ensuring a remarkable ageing potential.
Where it comes from
The grapes grow in Contrada Samperi, in the Marsala area of Sicily. The vineyards are trained using the Guyot system on a flat calcareous and sandy soil, ideal for developing a pronounced bouquet. The identity of the place is rooted in this Grillo, a native grape variety historically destined for fortified wines and here masterfully enhanced in a complex dry version that highlights its purest territorial expression.
How it is produced
Production begins with the manual selection of the bunches, followed by gentle pressing and cold settling. Fermentation starts in steel tanks and finishes in French oak barrels. This is followed by twelve months of ageing in the same barrels, keeping the yeasts in suspension through bâtonnage to increase textural complexity. Served between 12 and 14 °C, this white pairs perfectly with flavourful dishes, confirming an excellent overall harmony.
History and Curiosities
In 1990, Marco De Bartoli created Grappoli del Grillo, transforming a native grape variety traditionally destined for Marsala into his first prestigious white table wine. Born in the renowned Contrada Samperi, the 2023 vintage embodies the pure essence of the Sicilian territory. Thanks to a natural fermentation with indigenous yeasts and careful ageing for twelve months in French oak, the label expresses an impressive structure and exceptional longevity in the bottle, offering complex and surprising bouquets even after ten years.
Tasting notes
Taste
Serve at:
10 - 12 °C
Longevity:
05 - 10 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 Grappoli del Grillo 2023 |
|---|---|
| Type | White organic still |
| Denomination | Sicilia DOC |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Grillo |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Vendor | Marco De Bartoli |
| Story | History and Curiosities In 1990, Marco De Bartoli created Grappoli del Grillo, transforming a native grape variety traditionally destined for Marsala into his first prestigious white table wine. Born in the renowned Contrada Samperi, the 2023 vintage embodies the pure essence of the Sicilian territory. Thanks to a natural fermentation with indigenous yeasts and careful ageing for twelve months in French oak, the label expresses an impressive structure and exceptional longevity in the bottle, offering complex and surprising bouquets even after ten years. |
| Origin | Sicilia Occidentale, Contrada Samperi - Marsala (TP) |
| Soil composition | Calcareous, medium-textured, tending to sandy, flat. |
| Plants per hectare | 3500 |
| Yield per hectare | 35 hl/ha |
| Harvest | Last week of August |
| Production technique | Temperature-controlled fermentation with indigenous yeasts, natural cold settling and ageing on the lees with bâtonnage |
| Wine making | Rigorous manual selection of the grape bunches, gentle pressing, with the must left to settle naturally at a low temperature for 48 hours; the clarified fraction begins fermentation with indigenous yeasts at a controlled temperature, initially in stainless steel tanks and then in French oak barrels to preserve the primary aromas and enhance the bouquet during maturation. |
| Aging | 12 months in French oak barrels of various sizes with the lees in suspension (bâtonnage technique) until maturity. Ages well in the bottle. |
| Total acidity | 8.14 gr/L |
| Residual sugar | 6.0 gr/L |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |