2021 Centopassi Catarratto "Terre Rosse di Giabbascio" Sicily, Italy (750ml)   

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Catarratto is one of the grape varieties native to Sicily. In wines such as this single vineyard white from the "Terre Rosse di Giabbascio"  (red soils of Gabbascio), they are crisp and bracing, with a mineral note and palate cleansing zip. Centopassi has interesting origins - it is erssentially a cooperative farming vineyards siezed in the island's long-running struggle against the malign influence of the Mafia. This wine is dedicated to the memory of Pio la Torre, a member of Parliament who was assassinated by the Mafia in 1982.

Producer Notes - "Clayey-sandy soil (clay 40.0%, sand 40.3%, silt 19.7%) loos and rich in earthy iron oxides (in particular hematite, limonite, and goethite), sub-alkaline pH, structure not very coherent. Centopassi is the winemaking entity of Libera Terra cooperatives that cultivate land confiscated from the mafia in Sicily. The vineyards are distributed in the Alto Belice Corleonese, an area where nature dominates, with overwhelming beauty, unmistakable horizons, and unforgettable sunsets. The wines tell the diversity of each vineyard, of the soils that distinguish them, and of the vines that from time to time enhance their characteristics."