Wines

- Passito - Malvasia Delle Lipari Doc

Malvasia delle Lipari is our "nectar of the gods", a DOC wine, which comes from vineyards perched on terraces overlooking the sea. An example of heroic viticulture that brings to light one of the most ancient and celebrated enological pearls of the Mediterranean. Our Malvasia is born with the specific intent to show that there can be freshness and mineral territoriality even in a sweet wine. A grape juice that wraps in an embrace of sweetness and finally of marine freshness. The two indigenous vineyards, Malvasia delle Lipari and Corinto Nero, are reminiscent of ripe apricot, figs, elder and raisins with shades of Mediterranean scrub. Grape pearls grown, harvested and dried directly in the vineyard. After the harvest, 15 days of sun and sea feed every single bean that is jealously protected at night and then turns into our Malvasia delle Lipari DOC.

Technical Specifications
TYPE	Sweet wine
CLASSIFICATION	Malvasia delle Lipari DOC
PRODUCTION AREA	Lipari Island (Aeolian Islands, Sicily)
CLIMATE	temperate, warm, Mediterranean, with great temperature changes throughout the day. Windy
SOIL	Sandy, volcanic, deep, fertile and rich in microelements, on terraces facing southwest on the sea
ALTITUDE	50 m.a.s.l.
GRAPE VARIETY	Malvasia delle Lipari 95%, Corinto 5%
TRAINING SYSTEM	Alberello technique (free standing “little tree”)
DENSITY OF IMPLANTATION	7000 stumps per hectare
ALCOHOL CONTENT	11,5%
RESIDUAL SUGAR CONTENT	150 g/l
GRAPE HARVEST	Handpicked with selection of the bunches
DRYING PROCESS	Natural withering leaving the grapes on special racks in the sun for about 15 days. e drying grapes are checked and covered in the evening every day to ensure maximum health and the best drying
VINIFICATION	Direct pressing of the grapes in a pneumatic press. e must clarication is exclusively done by static decantation at 15°C. Fermentation takes place in oak barrels where it stops naturally after many months. Repeated decanting to naturally clear the wine precedes the subsequent bottling
AGING IN THE BOTTLE	At least 18 months
ESTIMATED AGING CAPACITY	15 years minimum
TASTING TEMPERATURE	12-14°C

Tenuta Di Castellaro

Respect for nature, man and tradition are the cornerstones of the philosophy that Tenuta di Castellaro has espoused since the early stages of the project. In Lipari, in the splendid Aeolian Islands, on the Piana di Castellaro 350 meters above sea level, supported by the ancient Quarries of Kaolin, an ambitious oenological and landscape project arises.

Tenuta di Castellaro winery is born from the careful selection of the indigenous vines of the Aeolian archipelago and from the recovery of a part of that territory that, over the years, had been abandoned.
The millennial tree, grown organically in the 20 hectares of vineyard, preserves the precious fruit that gives birth to sought-after wines with a unique taste, pure expression of the volcanic territory of Lipari, an unspoiled place that has welcomed us with its natural adversities.

Sicilia

Like much of the Italian mainland, Sicily’s winemakers have moved away from producing high-volume, unremarkable wines, to focus on quality wines of great character. Its dry, well-structured red and white wines could not be further removed from the sweet Marsala and Moscato of the island’s past, and this has not gone unnoticed by international markets that have never had such a thirst for Sicilian wines. Sicilian producers have paved the way for other Southern Italian winemakers to begin to exploit the country’s rich environmental diversity, with wines that achieve the potential first admired by the Greeks and Romans.