Bonavita Rosato 2023

Bonavita Rosato is a rosé wine produced by Bonavita in Faro Superiore, in the province of Messina, and obtained from Nerello, Mascalese and Cappuccio, and Nocera grapes, harvested manually. The grapes are located on clay-limestone soil and come from 80-year-old plants. Native yeasts and maceration on the skins for approximately 16 hours and aging in steel for 6 months. A riot of Mediterranean scrub with hints of oregano and rosemary, citrus and red fruit notes, floral and iodine on the nose, Bonavita Rosato is fresh and mineral in the mouth, savory and medium-bodied, also ideal for tasting local raw ham

Manufacturer: Bonavita

Rosé

️ Faro Superiore, Sicily

Bonavita

Nerello Mascalese 60%, Nerello Cappuccio 30%, Nocera 10%

2023

️  12.5%

Rosé Wine

The grapes come from vines that are up to 80 years old, on clayey, tuff-limestone soil, they macerate on the skins for up to 16 hours. The refinement takes place in steel for 6 months

Floral with hints of citrus and berries, especially raspberries, iodine and mineral notes

Fresh and tasty on the palate, elegant and mineral, the body is medium, the tannins are polite and the finish is persistent

Serving temperature 14°-16°

Nebrodi black pig sausage

Rosé but with the punch of Red

Upper Lighthouse, Messina

Faro is a micro-denomination with just 25 hectares and only 5 producers.

Giovanni Scarfone di Bonavita is one of them, a young micro-viticulturist born in 1980, first harvest in 2006, and in this area he owns 7 hectares of which only 2.30 are under vines, the rest are destined for olive groves and woods.

The strange thing is that in this area threatened by concrete, everything tells you about Sicily.

The sea is just a stone’s throw away but when trying these wines your first thoughts immediately fly to austere Piedmont with its Barolos. Magic and mystery of wine.