GABRIO & GIOTTO BINI
Serragghia Heritage 2022
Sicily, Italy
From a parcel of ungrafted vines of Zibibbo that are over one hundred years old. More compact, powerful and intense than the Serragghia Zibibbo, it wows with tea-like tannins, complex notes of orange, blossom, minerals and bitter herbs and a long, salty finish. This is a wine with a remarkable sense of place.
Zibibbo
ABOUT THE PRODUCER
The Serragghia farm can be found on the wild and windswept isle of Pantelleria, which belongs to Sicily, but in reality it is much closer to Africa.
At the foot of an ancient volcano, it occupies a dreamlike landscape, where remote terraces are planted with caper bushes, citrus groves and old bush vines of fascinating local varieties. Occupying some of the island’s highest points, the vines are cooled by a constant breeze which keeps temperatures surprisingly moderate, even in the height of summer, lending the wines an airy freshness, whilst the close proximity to the sea and volcanic soils imbue an invigorating, uplifting quality.
The several hectares of vineyards are never treated and are tended by hand and horse. Grapes are handpicked and left to ferment long and slowly in terracotta amphorae of various ages and sizes which are buried amongst the vines. They are bottled unfiltered, with no additions, producing vibrant, uplifting wines which are truly one of a kind.
Pantelleria is a place with a rare energy, captured so brilliantly in these remarkable wines.