- A blend of 60% Nero d’Avola with 40% Frappato from 10 to 25 year old vines
- Spontaneous fermentation occurs in steel tanks with indigenous yeasts
- Maceration for Frappato lasts 5 days and Nero d’Avola lasts up to 12 days
- Aged for one year in barrel and 500 liter tonneaux, which are in service for seven years
- 14% new wood
- The wine is also left to rest in bottle before release
- 1981 was the first year of production
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2021
Country:
Italy
Region:
Sicily
Appellation:
Cerasuolo di Vittoria
Variety:
Blend - Cerasuolo DOC
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Certified Organic - USDA/NOPÿ
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | IT-VDA-03-21 | 12/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
Vinous
Score
91
Date
2024-06-20
"The 2021 Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico BDN lifts from the glass with a mentholated blend of balsam herbs and exotic spice before giving way to crushed blackberries. It's soft-textured, nearly creamy in feel, with violet inner florals that cascade above a core of herb-tinged wild berry fruit. This tapers off long and lightly structured, leaving the mouth watering for more as an air of lavender slowly fades."
Wine Advocate
Score
91
Date
2025-04-10
"Showing its vineyard designate on the front label, the Valle dell'Acate 2021 Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico BDN Vigna di Biddine Soprana (made with certified organic fruit) is a blend of 60% Nero d'Avola and 40% Frappato. The wine starts off in stainless steel and then ages for 12 months in botte and tonneaux. You get a much clearer presentation of dark fruit, cherry and blackcurrant in this vintage. There are added nuances of crushed stone and some very light spice from the aging. This is a sultry (but also slightly sweet) and elegant medium-weight red, with 40,000 bottles created."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2020
Wine Enthusiast
Score
93
Date
2024-04-29
"Aÿwarm earthiness forms the foundation of the nose, while aromas of rose petal, cherry and strawberry gust past. Earthy floral elements persist on the palate, for a delicate yet nuanced wine that finishes with black pepper crackling around dusty tannins. ‡D.C."
2020
James Suckling
Score
90
Date
2023-08-03
2018
James Suckling
Score
92
Date
2020-12-08
2018
VinePair
Score
91
Date
2021-02-03
2018
Wine Enthusiast
Score
90
Date
2021-03-01