Region: Sicilia
About the Region:
Sicily has more
vineyards than any other region but produces very little DOC wine.
DOC(G)/IGT:
DOC:
Alcamo or Bianco d'Alcamo,
Cerasuolo di Vittoria,
Contea di Sclafani,
Contessa Entellina,
Delia Nivolelli,
Eloro,
Etna,
Faro,
Malvasia delle Lipari,
Marsala,
Menfi,
Monreale,
Moscato di Noto,
Moscato di Pantelleria,
Moscato di Siracusa,
Moscato Passito di Pantelleria,
Riesi, Sambuca di Sicilia,
Santa Margherita di Belice,
Sciacca
IGT: Camarro,
Colli Ericini,
Fontanarossa di Cerda,
Salemi,
Salina,
Sicilia,
Valle Belice
Grapes:
White
Grapes: Inzolia, Cattarratto
Red Grapes:
Nero d’Avola, Frapatto, Nerello Mascalese
Wines:
Marsala
- a fortified wine with both dry and sweet versions.
Moscato di Pantelleria - a viscous dessert wine made with the Moscato
grape from the island of Pantelleria. It is rich and complex with
notes of citrus and berries.
Malvasia delle Lipari - a very rich dessert wine from the Aeolian
Islands made from Malvasia and possessing honeyed, aromatic notes
and a spicy nose.
Cerasuolo di Vittoria - a fairly pale, cherry-red wine displaying
surprisingly powerful, fruit-packed red fruit flavors.
