{"title":"Mortellito","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"mortellito-calaniuru-rosso-2024","title":"Mortellito Cala Niuru Rosso 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eStyled somewhat on the classic Cerasuolo wines of the nearby Vittoria region, the 'Calaniuru' is driven predominantly by the achingly bright freshness of Frappato, delivering pulpy red cherry and strawberry fruit laden with herbal, almost tea like savoriness and lithe earthy tannins. Abotu 25% Nero d'Avola lends a little added chutzpah and brooding spice but make no mistake, this is still a decidedly light-handed wine. Fresh and eminently quaffable, this is a bottle that takes perfect to a light chill and a sun-dappled afternoon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PortoVino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41977189171280,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/7695\/files\/MortellitoCalaniuruRossoFrappatoNeroD_AvolaSicily2019_13becf46-a7c5-4527-b0f2-e754cf917b3f.jpg?v=1684969489"},{"product_id":"mortellito-viaria-bianco-2024","title":"Mortellito Viaria Bianco 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe bone-dry Moscati of Sicily are a rare breed that occupy a special place all of their own, especially considering most people’s direct associations with the noun ‘Moscato’ is the adjective ‘sweet.’ Mortellito’s ‘Viara’ bottling is derived of a clonal selection of Moscato native to this corner of Sicily, known as Moscatella di Noto. Melding the intensely aromatic and distinctly golden hallmarks of the Moscato family – think orange blossom, barely ripe quince, yellow nectarine, the glow of sunset – with a wonderfully sapid and herbal texture. The arid climate in this corner of Sicily acts only to increase the florality of the Viara, while delivering an incisively minty freshness, with oodles of crushed spearmint rolling briskly into a tongue-smacking dryness on the finish. When people speak of the concept of ‘island wines,’ this is the kind of stuff they’re talking about. 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More fresh herb than fresh cut grass, more jalapeño than bell pepper, more pomelo and under ripe kiwi fruit and lemon marmalade than anything distinctly tropical.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"PortoVino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42272724746320,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/7695\/files\/MortellitoCalaniuruBiancoGrilloCatarrattoSicily2019_aab4ccea-02ea-473b-acda-990fcedf8531.jpg?v=1684969568"},{"product_id":"mortellito-tuttu-rosso-2023","title":"Mortellito Tuttu Rosso 2023","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe 'Tutto' Rosso is a jazzy little co-ferment of both red and white grapes, containing a little of all (i.e. 'tuttu') the grape varieties that Dario works with. Fermentation is with native yeasts, and everything is raised in stainless steel Dominated by Nero d'Avola, with smaller percentages of Grillo, Insolia, Frappato and Catarratto, the Tuttu is packed with vibrant red, pink, and  black fruit – think guava, salted blood plum, feijoa, black currant – speared with a vein of zinging acid. A perfectly briny element of herbal, sea-breeziness to take this from ‘chillable, glou-glou’ juice to the ideal backyard BBQ companion this spring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Val di Noto sits in the southeast corner of the Sicilian triangle, dipping down to almost the same latitudes as some of the state’s North African neighbors. In spite of this sub-tropical climate, many of Sicily’s local grape specialties - grapes like Zibbibo (a Moscato family member), Grillo and Frappato - are capable of producing wines of balance and freshness, especially with terroirs of limestone-dominant soils, and especially when in the right hands - like, the hands of Dario Serrentino. After many years of selling his grapes to local, low-intervention stalwarts like Frank Cornelissen and Lamoresca, the dawn of 2014 saw Dario make the call to begin vinifying his own wines. Working his family’s 15 hectares of vines (as well as olive and almond groves – his heirloom almonds were actually his first love), he turns out immaculately farmed fruit that translates into wines with a level of freshness and verve that are not often seen in these parts. There’s never been any chemical interventions in the vineyards, and there’s an intentional hands-off approach in the cellar, with a minimum of sulfur added at bottling. 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