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. The vineyards are split between the cooperative's 2,000 members and cover the area around Selinunte, the hauntingly beautiful ruins of a Greek town founded 2,600 years ago. Cantine Settesoli helps support the restoration of this archaeological site. 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.

This wine comes from two vineyards with a combined size of 1.5 hectares. The two sites are located in Contrada Miccina, in the comune of Contessa Entellina. The vines are 20 years old, and grow on south-west facing hills at 310 metres above sea level. Soils are calcareous, and it was for these chalky soils that the vineyard sites were selected after a long period of study on the area. Vinesare Guyot trained and planted at a density of 4,000 plants per hectare.

Grapes were hand harvested and fermented in temperature controlled cement tulip tanks for six- eight days at 22-25°C. Ageing took place in stainless steel and concrete tulipe for the first eight months, after which the wine was racked off into large French oak casks for a further 19 months of ageing. The wine remained for eight months in bottle prior to release.

Perfect to pair with braised in red wine, stuffed turkey roast, grilled fillet.