Wines

Bianco Porticello Igt

Dedicated to the history and nature of Lipari, it recalls the famous Porticello beach with its pier, where the workers of the Pumice Quarries carried the loads to be embarked on the ships. A dry white wine, with a straw yellow color with bright green reflections, which comes from the combination of the liveliness of Carricante and the aromaticity of Moscato Bianco and Malvasia delle Lipari. The scent is herbaceous and the fruity notes, with hints of apple, make it fresh and balanced. Pure saltiness: it is dedicated to one of the most famous beaches of Lipari, Bianco Porticello is the wine that restores to the eyes and the palate the suggestions of saltiness that shines on the skin bathed by the sea in the light of the sun's reflections. Direct pressing of the grapes in a pneumatic press and no clarification of the musts.

Technical Specifications
TYPE	Dry white wine
CLASSIFICATION	IGT Terre Siciliane Bianco
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
ALTITUDINE	350 m.a.s.l.
GRAPE VARIETY	Carricante 60%, Moscato Bianco 40%
TRAINING SYSTEM	Alberello technique (free standing “little tree”)
DENSITY OF IMPLANTATION	7000 stumps per hectare
ALCOHOL CONTENT	12,5%
GRAPE HARVEST	Handpicked with selection of the bunches
VINIFICATION	Direct pressing of the grapes with a pneumatic press, followed by static decanting at 10-12°C to clear the must. Fermentation at 16-18°C in steel tanks with bâtonnage and lees contact for about 6 months
AGING IN THE BOTTLE	At least 3 months
ESTIMATED AGING CAPACITY	At least 5 years
TASTING TEMPERATURE	10-12°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.