Calcagno - Distinctive and exceptional Etna wines

Award winning Etna producer Calcagno Distinctive and exceptional Etna wines

Sicily’s Mount Etna has an ancient winemaking culture.  The quality tied tightly to the reputation of Mount Etna wines are altitude, exposure and terroir. Working out of the cellar in their old familial house- an old wine merchants’ home from the 1930s, brothers Franco and Gianni Calcagno took on Tuscany-based enologist Alessandro Biancolin. Biancolin who was an oenologist at Passopiscario and Petra in Suvereto, brings an understanding of what makes a great wine. Keeping their ego out of the way, the winemaking at Calcagno is intended to let the vineyards express themselves through wines that are elegant, supple and complex. With vineyards rising to 650 feet above sea level , volcanic soils from eruptions and broken lava flows transition to increasingly fine, volcanic sand as you climb the mountain. As in Burgundy, producers on Mount Enta like Calcagno have begun to recognize the distinctive characters of wines from specific parcels and sites, expressing them in the Feudo di Mezzo contrada-designated wine. Ian D'Agata of Vinous Media said "Calcagno represents everything that Italy does so well in wine. An older generation of sharp, passionate individuals, a small vineyard holding in an exceptionally high quality viticultural area, and belief in local high quality native grape varieties. Calcagno is now into its fifth generation, and Giusy, daughter of Franco Calcagno (who runs the estate with his brother Gianni), is slowly starting to have a bigger role. The wines are made with the help of winemaker Alessandro Bianco, formerly of Passopisciaro, who joined in 2010 and whose first full vintage was the 2011." The Fuedo di Mezzo 2014 was rated 94 points by D'Agata.  He said "Dark red. Very deep long and rich with spicy, syrupy red berry and cherry aromas and flavors of noteworthy intensity. Finishes long and suave with an almost smoky note of crushed rocks. Ages twelve months in used oak barriques. The Calcagno Etna Rosso 2014 and The Calcagno Feudo di Mezzo 2014 arrive in Australia for the first time in December Listed below are contact details for these fabulous wines If you have any questions please contact us on info@italianwineimporters.com.au Ennio di Marco  +61 413 775 511 Jesse Taylor  +61 411 774 009 Carolyna Bol  +61 419 581 477 Alan Featherby  +61 412 008 929 www.italianwineimporters.com.au

Pierpaolo Messina  Marabino, Sicily

The Prince of Noto is Pierpaolo Massina, owner and winemaker of the amazing Marabino winery in the far south east of Sicily. His wines are gaining attention all over the world for their quality and true reflection of the Noto Terroir. Pierpaolo himself acknowledges he is a little bit mad, a little bit eccentric and is totally commited to producing outstanding organic and biodynamic wines from this unique area in Sicily Natural…natural…natural… these wines are the purest expression of the terroir and grapes from this area. Wines such as Nero d’Avola, Chardonnay and Moscato along with his special Nero d'Avola Riserva Pierpaolo will be in Australia for a short time in late November and early December Wine dinners have been organised in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The Melbourne dinner is already sold out and the Sydney and Brisbane dinners are filling fast Carolyna, Alan and of course Pierpaolo would love you to join them at the dinner We hope you can be there! The dinners will be held in: Brisbane Wednesday 22 November 2017 – Vine Restaurant Download the Brisbane Invitation Sydney Tuesday 28 November 2017 – One Ford Street Download the Sydney Invitation Melbourne Wednesday 29 November – Sosta Cucina SOLD OUT For further information contact Carolyna on carolyna@italianwineimporters.com.au or 0419 581 477

Macchialupa - Classic wines from Campania

Carolyna and Alan in Montalcino We spend a considerable time in Italy sourcing new wines and producers for our portfolio of quality Italian wines. Our objective is to find artisan family producers who are environmentally friendly and traditional in style. In other words who let the Terroir reflect the outcome in their wines. After tasting...and tasting...and tasting some more...(someone has to do it!) we select producers and wines of exceptional quality, commitment and tradition for our portfolio. One such producer is Macchialupa is from the Campania region near Naples. This is regarded as one of the newer exciting estates to produce fine examples of classic wines from the area. The estate was established in 2001 by Angelo Valentino, an oenologist specialising in Fiano di Avellino and Aglianico di Taurasi, and Giuseppe Ferrara, an agronomist viticulturist specialising in Greco di Tufo. Both Angelo and Giuseppe are committed to producing outstanding wines The classic wines arrived in Australia for the first time this year: Fiano di Avellino DOCG 2016  Fruit and floral driven aromas, a full body with freshness and intensive aromatic persistence Greco di Tufo DOCG 2016   Aroma of intense fruit and the scent of apricot. The taste is dry, warm, soft with a full fresh body Falanghina IGT 2016   The aroma is fruity with a scent of peaches, pineapple, magnolia and honey. The taste is dry, warm and soft, a full body with freshness and intensive aromatic persistence Taurasi Aglianico DOCG 2011  The aroma is intense and complex, slightly ethereal, fruity, flowery and spicy with the scent of blackberries marasca (wild cherry) violet, tobacco, cinnamon and vanilla. The taste is dry with a good concentration of tannins, acidity and sapidity, with a full body, well balanced and intense long lasting persistence. Macchialupa website is http://www.macchialupa.it/ We have looked for the best quality wines from this area for some time. We have now found them.      To order now go to