2021 Marilena Barbera "Coste al Vento" Menfi Grillo Sicilia IGT (Orange/Macerato) sparkling Weighty and concentrated

Weighty and concentrated

30% Garnaccia (Grenache) in her wines

apple skin and spice

so choosing Mount Etna was deliberate

as well as open bottles of those keeping the experimental tradition on the Volcano alive via winemaking and incorporation of different grape varieties

2021 Marilena Barbera "Coste al Vento" Menfi Grillo Sicilia IGT (Orange/Macerato) sparkling Weighty and concentratedNo tricks, no frills, just wine. Marilena Peach, brush, saline, chamomile this Grillo captures the aromatic qualities from its Zibibbo parent (Grillo is a cross between Catarratto and Moscato), but is offset with an ocean breeze salinity and bitter tangerine peel. Grillo from Vigna del Pozzo and Tenuta Bellicello vineyards. The terrain is very deep and calcareous, with plenty of limestone. Coste actually means hillsides in Sicilian, rather than coasts