Marco De Bartoli Catarratto Lucido 2024 (750ml)

Price: $25.99

Qty:   Add to Cart

Quantity in Stock: 12

Producer	Marco De Bartoli
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Subregion	Terre Siciliane
Varietal	Catarratto
Vintage	2024
Sku	00619
Size	750ml

  

The Lucido is an intense and complex wine leading with seaside aromatics on the nose and palate. Incisively bone dry, the palate reveals elements of bitter almond, orange blossom water, cardamom and white flowers, along with around, waxy texture in the mouth, tempered by plenty of vibrating acidity.  

To combine with dishes of the Sicilian tradition, such as “sarde a beccafico” (typical stuffed sardines), or main courses of crustaceans and shellfish as a mussel soup.

Lucido is made with 100% Catarratto grapes (the white grape more cultivated in  Sicily), and exactly with its clone called Catarratto bianco lucido, fresher and more delicate compared to the common variety, that displays the typical bitter aftertaste.

The name “lucido” or “extra-lucido” (shining) comes from the polished appearance of the skins, lacking some pruina, the whitish coating found on the skins that give grapes a velvety touch, modifying the cluster’s appearance.

After the cooling and a careful manual selection, the clusters are gently pressed. The limpid run starts fermenting with wild yeasts, at controlled temperature, in stainless steel tanks, and with a minimum addition of sulfites. 7 months in stainless steel tanks, on its own lees.