Color: Deep straw yellow.
Nose: Distinctly tropical aroma with notes of mango and papaya,
Palate: Balanced and harmonious, with a delicate acidity and good persistence.
Pairings: With its elegant fresh savor, this Grillo is the perfect complement to appetizers, soups, pasta, white meats and fish.I’m a big fan of this winery in Sicily, and I like the standard versions of these varietals. The QUETO labels are organic wines that offer the same varieties in richer, more textural styles. I found this gem on the web: ‘The vineyard is grassed and grows on calcareous soils at about 200 meters in the shade of a wonderful tuff quarry, caressed by the winds that arrive from the nearby Mediterranean.’ It’s a generous, versatile white that goes well with white meats in rich sauces. The website quoted above suggests veal carpaccio with celery and strawberries.
93 pts - Ken Gargett (Wine Pilot)Organic Grillo from Sicily, a controlled fermentation for ten days in stainless steel tanks, followed by five days resting on lees. A gleaming gold colour here, there is a degree of austerity with this wine. Notes of stone fruits with a minerally backing, before we see some delightful citrus characters emerge – lemons and limes – and a line of saline acidity. The wine is well focused and with very good length. Grillo may not be on everyone’s lips, excuse the pun, but perhaps it should be. Enjoy over the next four to six years.
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