Marabino 'Rosso di Contrada' Nero d'Avola 2018

Marabino 'Rosso di Contrada' Nero d'Avola 2018Direct Press Selection January 2023 When we were looking for Biodynamic wines for this month's selections, we were lucky to time it perfectly with a visit from Pierpaolo Messina of Marabino to Brooklyn. Marabino's 29 hectares are in the Noto Valley in Sicily, between the Ionian and Mediterranean Seas (familiar to viewers of the White Lotus). Biodynamic farming here is enhanced by a plethora of wild herbs that are native to Sicily, and hot winds from

youthful and easy-drinking

"We have not been influenced by people but by the call of nature

This land sounds otherworldly

which also benefits from the unique position of the estate’s vineyards

They are outside the sherry DO

As you can imagine

like restoring obscure

Press 4 White

Few winemakers have had as much influence on the discussion around North American hybrids as Deidre Heekin of La Garagista in Vermont

then aged 24 months in giant oak casks

allowing them to tap into the local watershed

elegant richness on the palate