The wine:
Cerasuolo di Vittoria is a simple red wine, best consumed young; a typical terroir-driven expression and first wine and the only one with DOCG in Sicily.

Accompaniments:
This light, great fragrance and young wine, is a good red aperitif that matches very well with all the fish-dishes in witch tomato sauce is present. Very well flavour-balanced with all the Mediterranean herbs preparation and cold meat.

Storage method:
Horizontal in a cool place at a constant temperature not exceeding 18°

Grapevines:
Nero d'Avola, grape variety, sometimes incorrectly referred to as Calabrian (from the region of Calabria), is considered as the most typical and representative red grape of Sicily, excluding the territory of Etna. The incorrect name Calabrian is an "Italianization" of the word in old Sicilian dialect, "Calaurisi" which actually means, 'grape of Avola.
The Nero d'Avola was selected for cultivation by grape-growers of Avola (Siracusa) several hundred years ago and spread to the commune of Noto (SR), the provinces of Ragusa and Caltagirone, and recently throughout the rest of the island. When cultivated to yield a low quantity of fruit per vine this grape variety is capable of expressing the characteristics of important aged red wines. An aroma of red fruit and typically "sweet" tannins that persist after many years are the most significant components. At the same time, this grape also lends itself well to the production of young and novello wines of a suggestive red and violet-tinged color, highly pronounced aroma of red fruit (plum, blackberry) and smooth tannins.

Frappato originates in the Vittoria area, and today especially prevalent in the provinces of Ragusa and Siracusa. Needing to be cultivated with yields measured, offers particularly sweet tannins and purposes, that mark together with aromatic notes the identity of the Cerasuolo di Vittoria, famous wine since Roman times. Frappato vinified in purity gives a very persuasive wine, with fruity aromas of particular clarity and maturity that offers  ideal complement to the strong Nero d'Avola, increasing its complexity.