Marco de Bartoli, Terre Siciliane Sole e Vento, 2025 outofstock-34467840057 and the wine ages two

and the wine ages two years in used Slavonian botti before a further year in bottle

fermenting with native yeasts and aging in neutral barrels to build texture without masking purity

tensile wine

austere soils that demand the most from the vine and reward it with the most structured

Marco de Bartoli, Terre Siciliane Sole e Vento, 2025 outofstock-34467840057 and the wine ages twoTwo very different Sicilian places in one bottle: half Grillo from the sandy limestone rich loam of Contrada Samperi on the Marsala coast, half Zibibbo grown on the black volcanic soils of the island of Pantelleria, closer to Tunisia than to Sicily. Pantelleria is where De Bartoli makes its celebrated sweet passito, so seeing that same Zibibbo turned into a bone dry, ultra crisp white is a genuine treat. Both sites are organically farmed with vines