Vini Scirto
Vini Scirto is a winery on Etna that deserves our attention. Husband-and-wife team Giuseppe Scirto and Valeria Franco started their project in 2009, with the first vintage being 2010. Their story goes back much further, to Giuseppe Scirto's grandfather, Don Pippinu, who tended his four hectares of vines on the northern slopes of Etna (some even in the Feudo di Mezzo cru) at elevations ranging from 600 to 1,000 meters. Like most farmers at the time, Don Pippinu produced wine that was sold off in bulk. The style was one of tradition, with a hands-off approach that today is referred to as "non-interventionist." When Don Pippinu died in 2005, the idea of Vini Scirto was born. At that time many of today's most popular producers were buying choice pieces of real estate, but out of a combination of respect, love and being bitten by the wine bug himself, Giuseppe Scirto decided to keep the land and begin learning how to make wine. After a lot of experimentation and a stint at Calabretta (where he met Valeria Franco), he arrived at the style that makes Vini Scirto stand out today. No chemicals in the vineyards, a vine-by-vine approach, foot-trodden fruit, long macerations, no temperature control, extremely low or even no sulfur, aging in all neutral vessels and bottling unfined and unfiltered is the general rundown of how this portfolio is produced, but anyone can follow that formula and fail if they don't have the quality of terroir and willingness to learn and improve that this couple possesses. The style isn't for everyone, and the risk of variation is increased, but when the wines are on, they win die-hard fans.
From Sicily: The Island Nation (Jun 2021) by Eric Guido
2017 Bianco Don Pippinu
Release Price: $50
Color: White
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2018 Rosso Don Pippinu
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Color: Red
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2015 Etna Rosso A`Culonna
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Color: Red
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