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NATURAL WINES BY IL MORTELLITO
Il Mortellito is Dario Serrentino's estate in the Val di Noto, the south-eastern corner of Sicily, near the Vendicari reserve. His family has worked this land since the early twentieth century, and Dario grew almonds here for years before turning to wine full time. There are 23 hectares of bush vines among olive and almond trees, on limestone, about 1.5 km from the sea.
Dario works only with native grapes: Grillo, Catarratto, Moscato di Noto, Frappato and Nero d'Avola. Grapes are hand-picked, fermentations start on their own, and the whites are made in steel with little skin contact. Sulphur is limited to a small dose at bottling. We stock Cala Iancu, mostly Grillo with a little Catarratto and one night on skins, and Viaria, a dry, salty Moscato di Noto with a short maceration.
