Lamoresca 2024 Terre Siciliane Catarratto

This is the second vintage of Lamoresca's 'riserva white', held back a year for further aging. 100% Catarratto Extra Lucido on sandy soils harvested at the end of September. 2 days of maceration on the skin in vertical “tini”, the skin gets manually pressed down 2 times a day, without temperature control or added yeasts. Aging in large truncated conical vat of Slavonian oak.

“Catarratto Extra Lucido is a sub-variety that yields fewer grapes per plant but boasts higher quality. All these plants are bush vines in sandy soil. This soil imparts tremendous elegance and finesse to the wine. With this wine, we aim to restore honor to this variety. It is often harvested too early to produce light, high-acidity wines. By picking it at full ripeness and vinifying it as a fuller, more structured wine, we reveal the complete spectrum of the Catarratto grape.” - Lamoresca