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Aldo Viola – Biancoviola

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Italy
Sicily
Wine
White

The Facts

Origins Italy > Sicily > Sicilia
Appellation Sicilia
Varietal Grillo
Cepage 45% Grillo, 45% Catarrato, 10% White - Other
Markets Texas

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The Character

Sustainability Organic In Practice, Sustainable In Practice, Minimal Intervention / Augmentation, Natural Fermentation

The Story

Aldo’s namesake wine blends 3 white varieties, each with varying durations of skin contact: 45% Catarratto (3 days), 45% Grillo (4 weeks) and 10% Grecanico (pressed immediately), bottled with a trace of sulfur after 18 months in stainless steel. The vines grow on Alcamo’s Timpi Rossi (“Red Hills”) in iron-rich sandy clay soils at altitudes up to 1,000 meters. “Biancoviola” displays its macerated nature delicately, in a textural rather than overtly tannic dimension. A nose of ripe apricots and small-petaled flowers leaps from the glass, and the wine enters the palate broadly and with ripe, tangy acidity. Flavors of green apples, anise and cinnamon stick slather the palate, finishing long and clean, with lingering salinity.

About Aldo Viola

Brand Story

Aldo Viola farms seven hectares of Catarratto, Grillo, and Grecanico near his home village of Alcamo, planted on the area’s steep Timpi Rossi (“Red Hills”), named so because of the sandy-clayey soil’s high iron content. He also owns a plot of land 30 kilometers outside of town, closer to the sea, planted to Perricone, Nerello Mascalese, and Syrah, all of which thrive in the dry and scorching-hot microclimate of the area. Aldo works without synthetic chemicals in the vineyards, harvesting everything by hand and conducting almost all vineyard work entirely manually as well. --RWM

Brand Story

Aldo Viola farms seven hectares of Catarratto, Grillo, and Grecanico near his home village of Alcamo, planted on the area’s steep Timpi Rossi (“Red Hills”), named so because of the sandy-clayey soil’s high iron content. He also owns a plot of land 30 kilometers outside of town, closer to the sea, planted to Perricone, Nerello Mascalese, and Syrah, all of which thrive in the dry and scorching-hot microclimate of the area. Aldo works without synthetic chemicals in the vineyards, harvesting everything by hand and conducting almost all vineyard work entirely manually as well. --RWM

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