FUSO CALA 2019

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From 20-60 years old bush vines, this refreshing red is light in acidity and medium in body. Notes of plum, black cherry and raspberry with a bit of tannin. Best served with a slight chill.

ABV:

  • 11.5%

Vintage:

  • 2019

Type:

  • Red

More On FUSO CALA 2019

Pairings

Pasta, Squash, Soft Cheese Plate

Varietal

Nero d'Avola, Grillo

Funky Scale

Middle of the Road

Region

Sicily, Italy

dario serrentino winemaker italy

The Producer

About FUSO

Val di Noto sits in the southeast corner of the Sicilian triangle, dipping down to the latitude of North Africa. In spite of the warm climate, the local varieties (especially Grillo and Frappato) and white limestone soils are capable of producing balanced wines with tension and moderate alcohol. Dario Serrentino, after years of selling off his grapes (to naturalistas Frank Cornelissen, Lamoresca, inter alia), started to vinify and bottle his own wines in 2014 as Mortellito. Dario is a naturalista as well, but he insists on making clean wines that taste extreme only in their deliciousness. He works his family’s 25 hectares, 15 of which are under vine; the rest are a mix of ancient olive groves and heirloom almond varieties. A plate of pasta al pesto rosso (sun-dried tomatoes, toasted almonds, olive oil, garlic, salt) with a glass of Dario’s rosso ‘Calaniuru’ (Frappato with a dash of Nero d’Avola), flatters several of the fruits of his farm. His wines have a tempered hedonism, a mix of ‘taking’ in the sun (as the Italian idiom goes), and then ‘taking a bath’ in the salty-cool sea. - Porto Vino.