Donnafugata, Sicilia Sedàra 2021

Donnafugata was founded in Sicily by an enterprising family with 160 years’ experience in premium wines. Giacomo Rallo and wife Gabriella, daughter José and son Antonio are engaged in an entrepreneurial project with a focus on attention to detail and synchronizing people and nature to make wines that correspond increasingly more to the potential of this area.

The Donnafugata adventure began in the Rallo family’s historic cellars in Marsala in 1983 and at its Contessa Entellina vineyards in the heart of western Sicily. In 1989, Donnafugata arrived on the island of Pantelleria, commencing its production of naturally sweet wines.

ARTISTIC LABEL: This wine carries in its heart the concreteness and sweetness of Angelica Sedara, the charming Claudia Cardinale, protagonist of the film “The Leopard” directed by Luchino Visconti. The label, which refers to the cellars at Contessa Entellina and the land in which the roots of this wine are deeply planted, features a renewed graphic design in the 2012 version: in the foreground the green of the vineyard, on a white background, communicates the freshness and pleasantness of this wine and its most recent evolution.

VARIETALS: Nero d’Avola along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and other grapes
VINIFICATION: In stainless steel with maceration on the skins for about 6-8 days
AGING: The wine fines for about 9 months in cement tanks and then for almost 6 months in the bottle.
TECH INFO: alcohol: 13.15%, total acidity: 4.9 g/l, pH: 3.56

FOOD PAIRING: Serve with lasagne, chicken cacciatora, BBQ, seared tuna.

AWARDS: VINOUS 90 Points