From: Sicily, Italy
Varietal: Nero d’Avola, Syrah Cabernet Sauvignon and other grapes.
Taste: Sedàra 2022 offers a fruity bouquet with hints of fresh red fruit—cherry, black cherry, and plum—and spicy notes of black pepper. The palate shows an exemplary structure with soft tannins and a pleasant freshness and juiciness. It's a lovely red, versatile in food matching, perfect for a glass of quality to enjoy every day (November 8th, 2024).
Pairing: Serve with Lasagna, roast chicken, BBQ, and tacos “tex-mex” style. Other pairing ideas include serving this charming red with Peruvian roasted chicken, garlicky Cuban pork, Mongolian beef, miso chicken, smashed beef kebabs with cucumber yogurt, rigatoni with white bolognese, grilled pizza with eggplant and cherry tomatoes, and Sicilian stuffed pizza with ricotta and arugula.
About. In 1983, the experienced winegrowing couple Giacomo and Gabriella Rallo decided to invest in a new Sicilian project called “Donnafugata.” Their vision was to create a contemporary winegrowing operation based around three sites in western Sicily and to produce a range of international and indigenous variety wines to showcase the potential of Sicily.
Today, the estate is comprised of a historic family cellar in Marsala that dates back to 1851, a 667-acre estate at Contessa Entellina planted to a diverse range of grapes, and a third cellar on the volcanic island of Pantelleria, where Donnafugata cultivates 168 acres of Zibibbo vineyards. The company employs state-of-the-art, sustainable viticulture techniques at all three estates for wines of the highest quality.
At Donnafugata, environmental stewardship is taken as seriously as wine production. The winery was one of the first in Italy to produce all of its electricity from solar energy, taking advantage of the bountiful Sicilian sunshine. In 2015, the island of Pantelleria was given UNESCO certification recognizing its unique vine training method.
The name Donnafugata refers to the novel by Tomasi di Lampedusa entitled Il Gattopardo (The Leopard). A name that means “donna in fuga” (woman in flight) and refers to the story of a queen who found refuge in the part of Sicily where the company’s vineyards are located today.
