INZOLIA

Wine from Sicily

VINO IGT TERRE SICILIANE

VINO BIANCO

GRAPE: Inzolia

PRODUCTION PROCESS: maceration with controlled temperature.

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14% vol.

STORAGE: store in a cool place at constant temperature, away from light.

PAIRINGS:

It pairs well with seafood, risotto with mushrooms and walnuts, salmon sashimi, steamed clams with butter.

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 8-10°C

The Inzolia grape

Inzolia (or Ansonica) is an Italian grape variety grown in both Sicily and Tuscany.

While it is most famous traditionally as an ingredient in the fortified Marsala wines, it is now seen more and more as a crisp, dry white wine, in blends and as a single variety. Inzolia wines are moderately aromatic, and tend to display nutty, citrusy characters with herbal notes.

Inzolia is found across Sicily, particularly in Palermo and Agrigento.

It is permitted as a blending grape in many of the island's DOC appellations, adding a nutty weight to wines made with Catarratto and Grillo.

Inzolia's tendancy to lose acidity late in the season means that it has long been a building block of Marsala wines, but improved winemaking techniques and a change in fashions has seen Inzolia's place in Sicilian winemaking change significantly.