Training system: espalier, spurred cordon
Planting density: 4.500 vines per hectare
We have allocated small areas of the Dispensa and Gurra vineyares to this refined French vine with very pronounced aromas, which has always been in the ‘recipe’ of our La Segreta Bianco.
Training system: espalier, spurred cordon
Planting density: 4.500 vines per hectare
Two of the great French red wine varieties, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, find ideal conditions in the Dispensa vineyards, expressed in particular Sicilian mode in the blend which constitutes our Burdese. A small part of Cabernet Franc also enters into the La Segreta Rosso blend.
Training system: Guyot unilaterale
Planting density: 3.800 vines per hectare
Years of experience have helped us to identify among the vines at Ulmo, on the banks of Lake Arancio, the ideal place for the cultivation of this old French variety. Today the site of the Ulmo Merlot, producing a single-variety wine, is one of our single-variety vineyards.
Training system: espalier, spurred cordon
Planting density: 3.800 vines per hectare
We cultivate Nero d’Avola in its country of origin, in eastern Sicily, but we wanted to give it another interpretation in western Sicily, making the most of the soil of Maroccoli. We produce Plumbago here, a single variety Nero d’Avola completely different from the Santa Cecilia produced at Noto, and because of this unique of its kind. The Nero d’Avola from Dispensa and Gurra forms part of the La Segreta Rosso and of Rosè.
Training system: espalier, spurred cordon
Planting density: 5.000 vines per hectare
Syrah is a noble Mediterranean variety which gives of its best in light dry places, just like the Maroccoli vineyard. Here we produce our interpretation of Syrah in a modern key, created from a single variety grown in a single variety vineyard. The Syrah of Dispensa and Gurra instead makes part of the blend for La Segreta Rosso and the Rosè.
Training system: espalier, Guyot e
spurred cordon
Planting density: 3.800/4.500 vines per hectare
This was the first vine we planted in 1985 in the Ulmo and Maroccoli vineyards, unique in their aspect and the characteristics of the terroir. It represents our history and also the vocation of our wine production, with the intention of recovering local varieties but also to demonstrate the extraordinary adaptability of the great international varieties to Sicilian soils. The Chardonnay of Dispensa and Gurra also forms part of the La Segreta Bianco.
Training system: espalier, spurred cordon
Planting density: 4.500 vines per hectare
Two of the great red varieties of French origin, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, find ideal conditions in the Dispensa vineyards, expressing in a particularly Sicilian way the blend which constitutes our Burdese.
Training system: espalier, spurred cordon
Planting density: 4.500 vines per hectare
In the 1990’s we began experimenting with Fiano, a noble and ancient vine variety originating from Campania. Thus our Cometa arrived, which best expressed the characteristics of this extraordinary variety in a unique and original way, and in a Sicilian mode. The Fiano cultivated at Dispensa instead forms part of the blend of La Segreta Bianco.
Training system: espalier, Guyot, bilateral
Planting density: 3.800 vines per hectare
The name is enough to prove the ancient links of this vine with Sicily, who saw it arrive with the Greeks more than two thousand years ago. It provides the soul of our Alastro, which is one of the wines historically linked to our name. Recently we have used it in small amounts together with Grillo and Sauvignon Blanc. The Grecanico from Dispensa and Gurra instead forms part of the blend of La Segreta Bianco.