2023 Criante G23 Grillo, Sicily, Italy Hanzell Vineyards flowers and spices

flowers and spices

The “Steinterrassen” wines are something like Vetter’s “1er Crus” – they are sourced from older vines from within the stone terraces

Dufour has also expanded his Champagne range in recent years

Rich pink color and fruit character

A flor formed

2023 Criante G23 Grillo, Sicily, Italy Hanzell Vineyards flowers and spices100% Grillo from the east facing Contrada Modica vineyard, planted in 2011, trained in guyot. 360m above sea level, sedimentary soil with sandy topsoil. Harvested at the end of August at yields of 40hl ha. The grapes were destemmed and crushed, with free run juice fermenting and aging in stainless steel. Sulfur is added only at bottling.