Vino
Chiaramonte Gulfi

Pianogrillo

For centuries the manor has towered above the “Pianogrillo” hill. It is a true manor house amid cypresses and olive groves, overlooking a green plain known as “Piana dell’Acate”, within the ancient county of Modica and Chiaramonte (nowadays Province of Ragusa). Originally, during the Middle Ages, the building on the hill was a watchtower to lookout for and defend against the Saracens.

In the 1700 it was transformed in a manor house in the style of Ragusa, with a family chapel and tuff vaulted cellars. It enjoys a scenic location on the edge of the archaeological area of “Akrillai”, an ancient Greek colony, and a site surrounded by mysterious tales lost in the mists of time given that the earliest settler were Neolithic.

To these days in Pianogrillo we keep an ancient oil mill in lava stone, dating from the third century A.D. and inside the farm there is even an ancient early Christian necropolis in an area known as “San Nicola”, close to the oil mill.

The manor was an ancient feud of the barons Piccione di Grassura e del Molino d’Immezzo, from Acireale and today has been transformed into modern farm from the baron Lorenzo Piccione di Pianogrillo, the last descendant in a straight line, who deals with the management.

The wines

  • Grillo Sicilia DOC – 2018

    white White 100% Grillo • Vines Age 5 years • South/South-West Exposure • Clayey-limey Soil • Altitude 485 mt asl • Direct press of the grapes and fermentation in stainless steel vats with controlled temperature • 7 months ageing in stainless steel vats • at least 1 month of bottle fining before the release

  • Grecanico Terre Siciliane IGT – 2017

    white White 100% Grecanico • Vines Age 30 years • South Exposure • Limey Soil • Altitude 300 mt asl • Direct press of the grapes and fermentation in stainless steel vats with controlled temperature • 7 months ageing in stainless steel vats • at least 1 month of bottle fining before the release

  • Frappato Terre Siciliane IGT – 2018

    red Red 100% Frappato • Vines Age 30 years • South Exposure • Clayey-Limey Soil • Altitude 480 mt asl • 10 days of skin contact fermentation in stainless steel vats and open wooden troncated cone shaped casks • 2 months ageing in 22Hl oak casks • at least 4 months in stainless steel vats • at least 2 months of bottle fining before the release

  • “Déraciné” Nero di Avola DOC – 2017

    red Red 100% Nero d’Avola • Vines Age up to 30 years old • South Exposure • Clayey-Limey Soil • Altitude 480 mt asl • 10 days of skin contact fermentation in stainless steel vats and open wooden troncated cone shaped barrel • 3 months ageing in 22Hl oak casks • at least 4 months in stainless steel vats • at least 2 months of bottle fining before the release

  • “Curva Minore” Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG – 2017

    red Red Mainly Nero d’Avola and Frappato • Vines Average Age 30 years • South Exposure • Clayey-Limey Soil • Altitude 480 mt asl • 10 days of skin contact fermentation in stainless steel vats and open wooden troncated cone shaped barrel • 3 months of Elevage in 22Hl oak casks only for the Frappato • Minimum of 4 months in stainless steel vats • at least 2 months of bottle fining before the release

  • “Otto/Otto” Terre Siciliane IGT – 2015

    red Red 100% Nero d’Avola • Vines Age 30 years • South Exposure • Clayey-Limey Soil • Altitude 480 mt asl • 10 days of skin contact fermentation in stainless steel vats with controlled temperature and indigenous yeasts • 24 months ageing in 25Hl oak casks • at least 2 months of bottle fining before the release

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