{"product_id":"feudo-montoni-vigna-della-timpa-grillo-2022","title":"Feudo Montoni, ‘Vigna della Timpa’ Grillo 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: American Typewriter; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: American Typewriter; font-size: medium;\"\u003eSicilia DOC, Sicily, Italy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: American Typewriter; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVarietal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: American Typewriter; font-size: medium;\"\u003e100% Grillo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: American Typewriter; font-size: medium;\"\u003eProducer\u003c\/span\u003e: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: American Typewriter; font-size: medium;\"\u003eFeudo Montoni's winery building dates to 1469, and the estate's history as a wine producer stretches back at least as far. Located in Cammarata in the wild interior of Sicily — roughly halfway between Palermo and Agrigento — the property has been in the Sireci family since Rosario Sireci purchased it in the late 19th century upon discovering a wealth of ancient vines. Today Fabio Sireci, the third generation, oversees the estate with his American wife Melissa Muller, a former New York restaurateur who joined him after researching her cookbook on Sicilian food. Fabio describes Montoni as \"an island within an island\" — surrounded by centuries of durum wheat fields that provided a natural quarantine from phylloxera, meaning the estate's oldest vines remain own-rooted, and its grape varieties are pure, uncontaminated expressions of indigenous Sicilian material. The estate is certified organic, uses concrete tanks as its primary vessel, and avoids manipulation at every stage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: American Typewriter; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVineyard \u0026amp; Winemaking: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: American Typewriter; font-size: medium;\"\u003eThe Grillo comes from the Timpa cru — \"timpa\" being the Sicilian word for strong slope — a single east-facing vineyard at 700 meters above sea level whose gradient exceeds 70%. Vines are over 30 years old, grafted by hand onto wild plants, planted on sandy soils at 4,400 vines per hectare. At this altitude, hot Sicilian days are offset by dramatic nocturnal cooling, preserving the acidity that makes this wine so vivid. Fermentation takes place 100% in concrete, with brief skin contact for a portion of the fermentation to build texture, followed by six months sur lies with bâtonnage in concrete — no oak, no interference, just the grape and the site.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: American Typewriter; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/span\u003e: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: American Typewriter; font-size: medium;\"\u003eThe 2022 opens with a lift of minty freshness over sweet green melon, white peach, loquat, and candied lime, with floral notes of jasmine and Sicilian Spanish broom threading through. On the palate it is soft and enveloping yet brisk, with citrus-tinged orchard fruit and a crunchy saline minerality that adds grip and energy. The finish is long, perfumed, and wickedly fresh — the mouth left watering as barely-ripe kiwi and lime zest linger. This is the interior of Sicily stripped of every cliché about the island, replaced by altitude, precision, and something genuinely electric.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sommbox","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50809389580521,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0602\/3515\/3641\/files\/IMG_1324.jpg?v=1775714978","url":"https:\/\/www.thesommbox.com\/products\/feudo-montoni-vigna-della-timpa-grillo-2022","provider":"Sommbox","version":"1.0","type":"link"}