2025 Marco De Bartoli Lucido Catarratto, Sicily, Italy Domaine de la Tournelle aged on the lees

aged on the lees

We made a direct press of the grapes same day as we harvested them to be able to extract as much of these flavors as possible

No fining and very light filtration

The wine is aged for about fifteen months in large foudre and is then racked into the smaller format (600 liter) demi-muid for another year of elevage

2025 Marco De Bartoli Lucido Catarratto, Sicily, Italy Domaine de la Tournelle aged on the lees100% Catarratto. De Bartoli's Catarratto vines are not on the home estate in Samperi contrada in Marsala but slightly north in the province of Trapani. These 2 hectares of 20 year old vines are planted on sandy loam soils on flat land, organically farmed and hand harvested. The whole clusters are cooled down and pressed gently; the must is naturally settled for 48 hours before a spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts and a tiny bit of sulfur in