Mounts Bay Wine Company, independent quality wine merchant - Penzance, Cornwall

Wine of the Month

For sunny September we have chosen the 2009 Italia Grillo, great value at £5.95. Created in Sicily, this crisp, dry white is crammed with vibrant, ripe fruit flavours....perfetto!

This is a soft yet characterful white wine with rounded melon, apple and pear notes on the palate and a light citrusy nose. The Grillo grape is a quality variety used in Marsala wine along with Fiano and Catarratto.

Grapes are sourced from vineyards in the coastal zone at the western tip of Sicily, in Petrosino, Trapani and Marzara del Vallo areas. At altitudes between 10 and 50m, in chalky soils with sandy patches, the vines used were 20 – 25 years old on average.

Yields were 12 – 13 tons per hectare, and harvesting took place from the end of August through to the middle of September.

After undergoing temperature-controlled fermentation for 30 days, the resulting wine was filtered and bottled. No oak was used in production

An excellent aperitif or with food, particularly good with scallops or salmon steaks with tarragon.

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