Features
Name:
Anthìlia White Sicily DOC 2024
Terrain:
sub-alkaline-reacting loamy-clayey soils rich in nutrients and total limestone 20 to 35%
Cellar
Donnafugata was born from the commitment and foresight of a family that, with passion, has been able to innovate the style and perception of Sicilian wine in the world.
Giacomo Rallo, the fourth generation of a family with more than 160 years of experience in quality wine, founded Donnafugata in 1983 together with his wife Gabriella, a pioneer of winemaking in Sicily. Today, their sons José and Antonio lead the company and a team of people focused on excellence.
Donnafugata would not be the company it is today if Gabriella had given it a different name.
The name Donnafugata refers to Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel The Leopard. A name that means 'woman on the run' and refers to the story of a queen who found refuge in that part of Sicily where the company's vineyards are today. A story that inspired the company logo: the image of a woman's head with her hair in the wind that stands out on every bottle.
A face that is also that of Gabriella Rallo, the 'donnafugata' who gave up her job as a teacher to look after the Contessa Entellina vineyards full-time. One of the first women in Sicily to produce wine in a sector typically dominated by men: a pioneer of quality female viticulture.
Description
Anthìlia is a classic Donnafugata white wine appreciated throughout the world, distinguished in the 2022 vintage by a fresh and fragrant bouquet with fruity and floral notes. A very versatile wine, ideal with first and second courses of seafood and vegetarian dishes.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Straw yellow colour. The nose offers a fresh and fragrant bouquet with notes of white-fleshed fruit (peach) combined with hints of wild flowers. In the mouth we find the evident fruity note, refreshed by a pleasant sapidity. It surprises on the finish with a good persistence.
Storage time:
0-3 years
Vinification
fermentation in steel at a temperature of 14-16°C.
Acknowledgements
2022 Luca Maroni 91/100
2020 Luca Maroni 92/100
2019 Luca Maroni 91/100