Grillo Superiore 'Senaria' Pellegrino 2023
The Grillo Superiore 'Senaria' Pellegrino is a soft expression of Grillo, an indigenous Sicilian grape typical of the Trapani area. Aged for a long time on the lees, 'Senaria' offers a wide and enveloping sip, with a persistent and moderately savory taste, while on the nose it expresses notes of yellow flowers, canned peach, and creamy hints of butter and hazelnut. To be tried with fish and shellfish first courses
The Pellegrino winery presents the Grillo Superiore ‘Senaria’, a white wine from a single vineyard that is appreciated for its warm softness, a distinctive feature of both the variety and the Mediterranean Sicilian territory. It is the first Grillo Superiore produced in Sicily, made from an old vineyard located in Mazara del Vallo, in the province of Trapani, within the Gazzerotta Estate. The name ‘Senaria’ highlights the advanced age of the vineyard, dedicated to one of the most important white grape varieties of the island, specifically represented by a clone isolated within the Pellegrino family estates.
Pellegrino ‘Senaria’ Grillo Superiore is made from only Grillo grapes from a single plot over 40 years old, planted on clay-based soils particularly rich in mineral elements. The grapes, usually harvested during the first decade of August, are vinified in white through soft pressing and subsequent long alcoholic fermentation of the must in stainless steel tanks at low temperature, all in a reducing environment that prevents the onset of