Zibibbo
San Marco M 2023
Tanca Nica

Grape Variety: Zibibbo (Muscat, Moscato)

Producer: Tanca Nica (Francesco Ferreri & Nicoletta Pecorelli)

Region: Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy

Wild Scale: 4/5

Vegan friendly wine

12% alcohol

Winemaking: Organic Zibibbo grapes from a single vineyard were hand harvested. 3 days skin contact and fermentation with indigenous yeast. Aged in glass demi-john. No fining, filtration or added sulphur.

This Wine: Previously known as 'Red Label', this wine comes from a single plot of Zibibbo vines planted in 2014 at 50m altitude on Terra Forte soils with a North East exposure. Round and rich skin contact wine but with integrated volatile acidity that provides balancing freshness. Expect a complex aromas of ripe apricot, salty minerals, smoke and more. Only 132 bottles produced.

Notes on the Winemaker: Tanca Nica is the natural wine project of Francesco Ferreri & Nicoletta Pecorelli who farm just 3 hectares of vines the small and remote island of Pantelleria. Located off the coast of Tunisia, the island is party of Italy and boasts Sicilian cultural traditions. The wines from Tanca Nica are wild but precise and complex, displaying all the signs of sun baked land and Mediterranean influence.