PRODUCER
FABIO FERRACANE
Marsala, SICILY
INFORMATION
A PRECISE FARMER AND A LOVER OF HIS LAND, FABIO FERRACANE BUILDS ON HIS FAMILY TRADITION AND HISTORY TO WORK VINEYARDS PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS OF THE FERRACANE FAMILY FOR A TOTAL OF 5 HECTARES WITH 2 MORE NEWLY-PLANTED HECTARES ON THE WAY. FABIO’S MISSION IS TO MAKE A WINE THAT IS AUTHENTIC TO THE TERROIR OF MARSALA, WITH ITS SCORCHING SUN AND ITS REFRESHING SEA BREEZE. WHILE DRAWING USEFUL LESSONS FROM HIS OENOLOGICAL STUDIES, FABIO HAS SURPASSED THE RECEIVED STANDARDS OF MANIPULATION OF THE ‘BIOCHEMICAL’ PROCESSES OF WINEMAKING AND HAS PLACED EMPHASIS, INSTEAD, ON HIS WORK IN THE VINE: THE DELICATE WORK OF THE VIGNAIOLO.
FODDREÈ
GRAPES: CATARRATTO
STYLE: BIANCO FRIZZANTE
SOIL: CALCAREOUS
VINIFICATION: FERMENTED WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS AT LOW TEMPERATURE, SECOND FERMENTATION IN THE BOTTLE, NO ADDED SULFITES
GUANCIANERA
GRAPES: NERO D’AVOLA
STYLE: ROSSO
SOIL: CLAYEY, LOAMY
VINIFICATION: FERMENTED WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS, 8 DAYS OF SKIN CONTACT, 11 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN STEEL VATS
MACERATO
GRAPES: CATARRATTO
STYLE: MACERATO
SOILS: CALCAREOUS
VINIFICATION: 19 DAYS OF SKIN CONTACT, 2 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE ON THE LEES, NO ADDED SULFITES
GUANCIABIANCA
GRAPES: CATARRATTO
STYLE: BIANCO
SOIL: CALCAREOUS
VINIFICATION: FERMENTED WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS, 2 DAYS OF SKIN CONTACT, 7 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE ON THE LEES, NO ADDED SULFITES