2020 | Planeta | Cerasuolo di Vittoria

Notes of dried thyme and white pepper weave through this wine’s juicy cherry and straw berry flavors, then the wine finishes with a bright spray of orange zest.

Reviews:

• Wine Enthusiast: Cerasuolo di Vittoria invariably offers the best of all worlds and this Planeta bottling is no exception, with vanilla, soil and tanned leather on the nose, alongside cigar box and dried cherries. The palate creates an exciting fruity contrast with the savory nose, offering metallic, meaty notes with red fruit leather and freeze dried strawberries.

• Wine Spectator: Lightly toasty on the nose, less so on the palate, with a pure beam of raspberry coulis fruit flavors layered with a minerally underpinning of smoke and graphite, plus rich notes of fig cake, wild sage, ground coffee and red licorice. A fresh, classy version, with lightly chalky tannins emerging to firm the finish. Nero d’Avola and Frappato.

Producer Information

Planeta is a well-regarded, large scale wine producer based in western Sicily but with vineyards across the Italian island. These cover Etna and Noto in the east, to Vittoria in the south and Mamertino di Milazzo in the northeast and Menfi (where the main winery is located) in the west. Planeto produces a range of high-end wines across the IGT and DOCG levels from select appellations. The winery was founded by cousins Alessio and Santi Planeta with their uncle Diego, who originally owned the Settesoli wine cooperative. At Planeta, there are six different wine-producing estates spread across the island, producing wines from local grapes Fiano and Nero d'Avola, as well as international varieties like Chardonnay, Syrah and Merlot. The six individual estates cover a variety of terroirs, varieties and methods of production. Menfi Dispensa is in the west is the heart of the family's land. It has the largest estate and winery and it the site of the private residence of the Planeta family. Varieties such as Fiano, Garganega, Chardonnay, Syrah and Nero d'Avola are grown here. Another of the Planeta estates is Buonivini in Noto, on the southeast corner of the island. Grapes grown and produced here include Nero d'Avola and Moscato Bianco, and are used to make Santa Cecilia DOC Noto and Passito di Noto respectively. The soils here are calcareous and rich in clay with a fine texture and high water retention.

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