The Mandrarossa wines hail from a selection of the best sites within Cantine Settesoli's 6,000 hectares of vineyard in southwestern Sicily, planted with 32 grape varieties. First produced in 1999, Mandrarossa opened its own winery in 2021. They have one of the largest solar energy installations in the Italian winemaking sector, with their solar panels fuelling this completely sustainable winery, which is well integrated into the surrounding hills. Since then, Mandrarossa has increasingly focused on single-site wines after mapping the diverse soils of its vineyards and identifying its best sites.

The grapes come from a 2.5-hectare single vineyard in the hills of Contrada Bertolino Soprano, within the comune of Menfi. Planted just seven years ago, the vineyard enjoys a south-western exposure at 147 metres above sea level, on prized chalky soils carefully chosen after extensive studies of the area. The vines are Guyot-trained, with a density of 3,960 plants per hectare.

The grapes were hand-harvested. After being crushed and destemmed, the grapes were immediately cooled to between 5 - 8°C, where they remained for four to six hours. After a soft pressing, the must was fermented for 15 - 20 days before spending one month in concrete tulip tanks at 16 - 18°C. Finally, the wine was moved into large, untoasted French oak barrels for 11 months to allow further ageing prior to bottling.

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