Gabrio e Giotto Bini - Cicala - 2010
Name: Cicala Serragghia Bianco Bollicine di Zibibbo
Winery: Gabrio e Giotto Bini
Producer: Gabrio Bini and Giotto Bini
Area: Pantelleria - Sicilia
Grapes: Zibibbo
Type: Sparkling Orange wine Ancestrale method
Alcohol: 12,5%
Size: 75 cl
Note: No sulfite added - 300 bottles produced
The Wine
The Producer
CICALA 2010
Ok, this is admittedly the Excalibur, hidden within the Ark of the Covenants, buried away under the Holy Grail of natural wine. That, and probably the most expensive petnat in the world. But also the most unique and bloody memorable. This Zibibbo comes from a terraced single cru of 0,5 hectares and over 50 years of age on volcanic soils, it ferments wildly and joyously with its skins for 10 days in amphora. After 7 months in amphora it’s rejoined with fresh must which helps to initiate the second fermentation (the bubbles!) and then meditates for 8 years (yes, 8 YEARS!) on the fine lees before bottling. Sumerian cedar citrus under ashes, lemongrass and mezcal, passionfruit and smoked cardamom.
