Porta del Vento - VORIA BIANCO NV 750ML Terre Siciliane IGT (11% ABV)
WINE CLUB SELECTION - MARCH 2025
Sparkling wine made from Catarratto grapes grown organically/biodynamically and harvested by hand in small crates. Fermentation starts in concrete. Refermented in the bottle with the addition of must to the base wine. Unfiltered and not disgorged, with the presence of yeasts in the bottle. Minimal so2.
Under the artistry of owner/winemaker Marco Sferlazzo, Porta del Vento is making some of the most exciting, wines in all of Sicily and beyond.
Marco is a dedicated winemaker who came to winemaking after a long career as a pharmacist in Camporeal, in the province of Palermo. The vines that would become the Porta Del Vento estate were being tended by a larger, corporate company who decided to pull up aging Perricone and Catarratto vines to plant Merlot or something. Marco found this distasteful and decided to purchase the vines himself and convert all the vineyards to organic and biodynamic agriculture.
The tiny, Porta del Vento winery sits 2000 feet above Palermo, near the village of Camporeale, an area of Sicily where nature can be very harsh. The vineyard extends for eighteen hectares on the hills of the area of Alcamo doc and Monreale doc. Sandy soils on sandstone crust. Vineyards are mainly cultivated with "alberello" system and are almost fifty years old, exposed to the north following the steep slopes of the land. At 600m elevation, on incredibly steep slopes, this area is known for constant, brutal winds, blowing through the vineyards. These ever-present winds, along with the large, diurnal, temperature range, allow for wines of great concentration, character, low alcohol and racy acidity. The 100% Certified Organic and Biodynamic wines, which adhere to a strict, non-interventionist approach are produced unfiltered, so as to not deprive them of the elements that make them unique. Porta del Vento's wines are uniquely expressive, conveying emotion and terroir.
Fancy a Sicilian Pet Nat to freshen your day?
This Voria Pet Nat Bianco from Porta Del Vento is FANTASTIC!
Made on the top of a windy mountain which keeps the vines cooler than many other places in Sicily, (Porta Del Vento means "door of the wind"), this delightful Pet Nat sparkling wine is easy-going, fresh, salty, citrussy and with a nice mineral touch.
Ideal for the sun, we found this Catarratto wine has a nice salinity running through it alongside hints of wet pebble, lemon rind, mild meadow flowers, hints of subtle melon and vanilla essence. WE LOVE IT!
Joyous and carefree Sicilian bubbles here... Marco's 'Voria' line up is driven by pure pleasure and refreshment, and boy do they deliver in spades. All Catarratto once again, the Voria Bianco is fermented to dry then bottled after 3 months with a little unfermented must, kicking off the secondary fermentation in bottled and creating the raft of gentle, fuzzy bubbles . Released without disgorgement but always super clean and fresh, this frizzante lean into the tropical side of things (not always the image immediately conjured when considering PdV's craggy, windswept hills!) – dried pineapple, pulpy yellow pear, white flowers, lemon zest, and plenty of salinity.
Sandy soil
600 meters in altitude.
Extreme winds with strong thermal excursions.
50 year old vines.
Biodynamic and organic.
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