Quality, reliability and authenticity, as always, from Cantine Rallo.

Quality, reliability and authenticity,

 as always, from Cantine Rallo

Baglio Bianco Catarratto Terre Siciliane (IGP) 2021, 13% ABV 

RRP: €21.95 Greenman Wines, Le Caveau, Bradleys, 64 Wine.

The clue is in the colour - it is orange.

Orange and organic. Fermentation is natural, without adding yeast. Catarratto wines are fragrant and crisp and so is this one. 

The aromas speak of apples. It is amazingly flavourful, apple there again but also hints of marmalade and ginger. And apples, of the cider variety, make an appearance as it finishes dry and lip-smacking. This is a deliciously drinkable Sicilian Orange wine.

And that colour, a mix of amber and orange, comes from the fact that it receives a 3-day skin maceration. Le Caveau: "This is a fantastic introduction to ‘orange’ wines both from a flavour and a pricing point-of-view. …This would be brilliant with free-range pork rib with apple sauce, with a herby roasted chicken or with cheeses such as Durrus….It is unfined and unfiltered and has zero added sulphur. “

It is very adaptable and food-friendly; it'll go well with all sorts of pasta dishes and spicy foods

Very Highly Recommended.

The history of the Cantine Rallo wine estate started in 1860 and Rallo was synonymous with quality, reliability and authenticity… Since 2010 Rallo wines are “produced and bottled at their origin by the grower”. Fine wines, organically grown in a certified organic agriculture, they represent the best and most typical of the cultivars of Western Sicily. The results are evident in the fragrant, crisp Catarratto and the perfumed, fresh Nero d'Avola.

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Bianco is certainly a bit of a misnomer here as this is most definitely an orange wine, a cloudy deep amber in colour, unfined and unfiltered. Orange wines also have a higher level of tannins, more like red wines, and indeed can match foods where previously red would have been the only choice. Catarratto, by the way, is Sicily’s, and Italy’s, most popular white wine grape.

* Our next Le Caveau wine will be the Nero D’Avola from the same producer! Looking forward to that.