Planeta Santa Cecilia

Santa Cecilia

Noto D.O.C.

100% Nero d’Avola

Santa Cecilia is our top-of-the-range wine, from the most important Sicilian variety; Nero d’Avola. The extensive research into finding the ideal place for making a great wine from this variety brought us to Noto, original territory of this variety, where DOC Noto reigns in the extreme south-east of Sicily. With its white lands and its antique vines, it has always been the epicentre of Nero d’Avola cultivation. Santa Cecilia is an expression of elegance, power, balance and exaltation of the unique aromas of Sicily; today it is the point of reference for red wines made from indigenous Sicilian grapes. Its name derives from that of our family – Planeta di Santa Cecilia.

Awards

2018 James Suckling 93
ViniBuoni d'Italia Corona
2017 Falstaff 94
James Suckling 94
Wine Advocate Robert Parker 93
Vinous 92
Wine Spectator 91
Wine Hunter Award Oro
2016 Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri
Wine Enthusiast 95
Wine Advocate Robert Parker 94
James Suckling 93
Wine Spectator 92
 Vinous 92
WinesCritic.com 92
2015 Wine Advocate Robert Parker 94+
  Decanter 94
  Falstaff 93
  James Suckling 93
  Vinous 91+
  Guida VITAE dell'AIS 4 viti
  Vini Buoni d'Italia Corona
2014 Jansis Robinson 17++
  Guida essenziale ai vini d'Italia di D. Cernilli 93
  Wine Enthusiast 93
  Vini Buoni d'Italia Corona
   Decanter World Wine Awards  88
2013 James Suckling 94
Vini Buoni d'Italia Corona
  Decanter Asia Wine Awards Commended
Wine Advocate Robert Parker 93
Jancis Robinson 16,5+
  Vinous 91
  5StarWines 90/100
  Gardini Notes Wine Ranking 91/100
 
2011 Wine Enthusiast 94
James Suckling 93
Wine Advocate Robert Parker 93
Guida essenziale ai vini d'Italia di Daniele Cernilli 92
Vinous 92
Wine Spectator 90
Jancis Robinson 17,5
Decanter World Wine Awards Silver (90 pt.)
Radici del Sud Primo classificato - Giuria Buyer - Nero d'Avola
Merano Wine Festival - International Wine & Food Excellence Gold Medal
2010 Wine Enthusiast 91
I migliori vini d'Italia 2016 (Longo Comparini) 90
Wine Advocate Robert Parker 89
Wine Advocate Robert Parker 88
Wine Spectator 89
Guida vini Siciliani (Giornale di Sicilia) Vino a 5 stelle
Radici del Sud vincitore cat. Internazionale
Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri
I vini di Veronelli Super Tre Stelle
Decanter World Wine Awards Commended
2009 Wine Review Online 94
James Suckling 94
Wine Enthusiast 90
Wine Spectator 87
I vini di Veronelli Super Tre Stelle
2008 James Suckling 93
Wine Enthusiast 91
Vinous 90
Wine Advocate Robert Parker 90
Decanter World Wine Awards Silver
Sommelier Wine Award Bronze
2007 James Suckling 93
Wine Enthusiast 92
Falstaff 91
Vinous 89
Wine Advocate Robert Parker 88
Vinous 88
Wine Spectator 87
Wine Advocate Robert Parker 86
Jancis Robinson 17,5
Decanter World Wine Awards Silver
2006 Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri
James Suckling 92
Wine Advocate Robert Parker 92
Wine Spectator 90
Vinous 90
Wine Enthusiast 89
Jancis Robinson 17
Decanter World Wine Awards Bronze

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Altimetry

35/40

Above sea level

01

Climate

21°Average temperature

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Farming system

Spurred cordon

Planting density

5.000 vines/hectare

Now

11.16°C

Cloudiness 6%
Humidity 95%
Wind 1.71mh ↙

First Vintage

1997

See vintages

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  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • Climate
    Hot August and cool September with some rain followed a winter with little rain.
  • Climate
    Cycle of warm harvests begins with hot dry weather from beginning to end.
  • Climate
    Vintage distinguished by winter and spring with little rain, very hot August and cool dry September.
  • Climate
    Almost perfect vintage for whites with ideally hot bright July and August. Very well concentrated reds with hot clear tannin.
  • Climate
    Cooler summer (as in 2004) produced very full fruity whites for slow maturation, and varietal reds with dense soft tannin.
  • Climate
    Winter and spring with almost no rain. Low production and very good quality in contrast with the rest of Italy. Whites better than reds,though very concentrated.
  • Climate
    More rain than usual refreshed some of the harvest, producing whites with great fruit and structure and reds with colour and body.
  • Climate
    Cold wet winter and spring were a perfect preparation for the vines, harvest began 15 days late with cool temperate weather.Very fresh whites
  • Climate
    Abundant spring and winter rain perfectly prepared the vineyards for summer and autumn ripening. The surprisingly fresh and cool temperatures of July, August and September achieved the rest, with the grapes arriving at the winery in perfect condition.
  • Climate
    A rainy late-autumn and low temperatures, though not excessively so, have laid strong basis to a good vintage . The vines were able to rest in well-soaked soil. After a rainy winter the spring was particularly cool and dry. A mild summer provided for excellent ripening of both white and red grapes. The 2006 vintage has been excellent with regard to the quality of the grapes. The grapes are sound, the yield generally about 10% down, though 20% lower for Merlot, Nero d'Avola and Frappato.This vintage can be described a luminous and sunny. All the sun-loving varieties such as Syrah and Nero d'Avola are of extraordinary richness. The whites are rich, creamy, and well-defined by type of grape.
  • Climate
    A brief description of the weather preceding the 2007 harvest is essential. We were cheered in 2006 by an autumn finishing with good October rain that prepared the vines well for their autumn and winter rest. A relatively mild winter followed with temperatures that were never very low and a lower than average rainfall. A weather pattern that coincided with the rest of Italy, with the difference that mild winters are the norm in our area. This winter did make us fear for the summer reserves of water, but then in spring an unusually plentiful rainfall covered the whole of our region until the beginning of May. This is why in Sicily we had no expectations of an early vintage but, until mid-July, we were thinking rather of a late vintage. From July onwards, the most important time for deciding quality, the weather was particularly propitious. After two short but intense heatwaves, typical for the period from 20th July to 15th August, it stayed fine, temperatures stabilized, and persistent high pressure presented us with a vintage with no rainfall the first slight shower arrived on 25th September! and with amazing maturation. For those who enjoy comparisons, in our reckoning the recent years most similar to 2007, in Sicily, are 1997 and 2001.
  • Climate
    The 2008 vintage ended on Saturday, 4th October. Late in autumn and during winter 2008, rains were just below standard; temperatures, instead, were within seasonal average. Spring confirmed what had happened previously, no abundant rains; the last one, at the end of April, was decisive for the quality of grapes. Therefore, grapes had a fresh and dry climate all the way to the harvesting, without any excessive heat, but with ideal temperatures for ripening. grapes were absolutely wholesome, and did not need to undergo any phytosanitary defence interventions. The result was a superb vintage, the indigenous varieties are absolutely excellent.
  • Climate
    The seasonal pattern showed a fall and a cold winter and little rain, while the spring period was characterized by heavy rains even in the pre-summer. The vineyard went into the summer and maturation in perfect health. The average summer temperatures has been excellent: pleasantly cool, regular, without peaks of heat, never above the seasonal average. Balanced solar radiation. The harvest began with a delay of about 14 days. Temperatures have increased markedly since August 20, while maintaining the proper level of humidity and avoiding dehydration and concentration of the fruit.
  • Climate
    The climatic conditions prevailing during the 2010 harvest were particularly favourable. In 2009 the autumn finished with abundant rainfall, ideal for setting the vines to rest. The winter had normal temperatures and not too much rain. The spring was also average, with rain at the end. The summer began with cooler temperatures until the middle of August, when the temperature then rose to assist perfect ripening. Around 20th September rain assisted the harvest at Vittoria. On the other hand the beginning of summer on Etna was fairly dry but the rains at the end of September were useful and prolonged the harvest until 21st October. Might 2010 be one of the best vintages out of the previous ten? It is early to say but it is certainly a super vintage.
  • Climate
    The grapes: the 2011 vintage yielded perfectly healthy grapes, if in noticeably diminished quantities. Indeed quantity as well as size of the harvested fruit was reduced by 15 percent on the average, which means also a decrease in total weight. In any case this resulted in an exceptionally high overall quality, especially of the red grapes which profited greatly by this natural and thus perfect thinning out. The temperatures stayed in the average range and, more importantly, showed no heat spikes. Both September and October were mild, and sporadic rainfalls at the end of the season accomplished the vintage. Vittoria e Noto: il lungo periodo privo di pioggia che ha anticipato la vendemmia, ha permesso che le varietà autoctone siciliane della zona maturassero al meglio. Avremo un Cerasuolo di Vittoria intenso per profumi e dal colore più carico del consueto. La vendemmia a Noto è stata una festa grazie ai grandi profumi intensi del Moscato ed a un Nero d’Avola esuberante e perfettamente in equilibrio
  • The winter at Noto was very dry and even the spring had little rainfall. Because of this we thinned out the Nero d’Avola vines a little more than usual. Eventually the harvest was very cool and this has provided a full, dense and not particularly alcoholic Nero d’Avola.
  • A good harvest, especially for Moscato of Noto and for reasons that are easily understood. An overall vintage with low rainfall in winter and spring, as we are now accustomed to in the southernmost part of Sicily, but with a continuous series of decidedly cooler months than usual, and thus ideal for Moscato and also of help to Nero d'Avola. In Noto in 2014 the three crucial months for quality are once again among the brightest ones of the series being analyzed. Nero d'Avola had very few grapes just like everywhere else on the island.
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Time of Harvest

20

september

vinificazione

Vinification

Destalking followed by 21 days remaining on the skins; after racking malolactic fermentation in stainless steel, maturation for 14 months in barriques

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Alcohol Content

14%vol.

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Aging Capacity

To drink at once or to age up to 8-10 years

Tasting Notes
  • Eyes Eyes
  • Nose Nose
  • Mouth Mouth
Purple purplish
A very spicy fruity wine, brilliant and clear, perfumed with carob, bergamot and orange peel.
The compact ripe fruit and balsamic notes on the palate dissolve in a sweet and vigorous manner to accompany tannins of dense texture but also open and calibrated to the structure of this wine of deep baritone tones. Traces of graphite confer elements of a high tasting lineage while cleverly elicited wild blackberry and cherry maintain the wine on a register of rigorous style and taste.
abbinamenti
Pairings
A wine which has no fear of the riskiest matchings such as pork marinated with chili pepper or dishes of fish with rich fibrous flesh.
Kitchen
With Casa Planeta’s Kitchen
Timballo di anelletti al ragù

Anelletti and meat sauce mold

Ingredients

Serves 6 to 8

1 kg / 2 lb. 2 oz. anelletti

150 g / 5 1/2 oz. sweet

Provola cheese

150 g / 5 1/2 oz.

breadcrumbs

80 g / 3 oz. grated

Sicilian Pecorino DOP

salt to taste

For the meat sauce

600 g / 1 lb. 5 oz. pork

shoulder, chopped

600 g / 1 lb. 5 oz. beef

muscle, chopped

2 onions, minced

1 carrot

1 celery stalk

2 L / 2 qt. tomato purée

1 tbsp. tomato paste

1 glass water

1 glass white wine, best

if aged

bay leaves

extra-virgin olive oil

For the peas

400 g / 14 oz. fresh

peas

1 small onion, thinly

sliced

50 g / 1 3/4 oz. butter

salt to taste

pepper to taste

Difficulty 3/5 | Preparation Time 1 hour

Mince the onions and then brown in a saucepan with a glass of water and some oil. Add the chopped meat and brown well.

Pour in the wine and let bubble up until the alcohol evaporates, then simmer for 10 minutes. Add the tomato paste, the tomato purée, the bay leaves and let simmer over low heat for at least 2 hours, if not more. The sauce is ready when the meat is tender, overcooked and breaks up. In a saucepan, brown the onion, thinly sliced, then add the peas.

Cook for 5 minutes. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to boil and cook the anelletti until al dente. Then drain, toss with the meat sauce and let cool. Dice the Provola cheese and add it to the pasta along with the peas.

Grease a tall baking dish and lightly coat it with a handful of breadcrumbs. Pour in the seasoned anelletti. Flatten gently until the surface is

even. Top the timballo with breadcrumbs and grated Pecorino. Heat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.

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menfi

Planeta Sito dell'Ulmo Merlot Menfi Doc sa
Sito dell’Ulmo Merlot
Sicilia D.O.C.
100% Merlot
chardonnay
Chardonnay
Sicilia Menfi D.O.C.
100% Chardonnay
cometa
Cometa
Sicilia Menfi D.O.C.
100% Fiano
Burdese-menfi-doc-SA
Burdese
Sicilia DOC
70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc
Planeta-Maroccoli-sa
Maroccoli
Sicilia Menfi D.O.C.
100% Syrah
Plumbago
Plumbago
Menfi D.O.C.
100% Nero d’Avola
Alastro-senza-annata
Alastro
Menfi D.O.C.
85% Grecanico, 15% Sauvignon Blanc
Terebinto-menfi-doc
Terebinto
Menfi D.O.C.
100% Grillo
La_segreta_bianco
La Segreta Bianco
Sicilia D.O.C.
40% Grecanico, 20% Chardonnay, 20% Grillo, 20% other varieties
La_segreta_rosso
La Segreta Rosso
Sicilia D.O.C.
50% Nero d’Avola 25% Merlot 20% Syrah 5% Cabernet Franc
Rosè 2016_sa
Rosé
Sicilia D.O.C.
50% Nero d’Avola 50% Syrah
lamistanza
L’Amistanza
Sicilia D.O.C.
50% Fiano, 50% Grecanico

vittoria

Frappato
Frappato
Vittoria D.O.C.
100% Frappato
Dorilli
Dorilli
Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico D.O.C.G.
70% Nero d’Avola 30% Frappato
Cerasuolo di Vittoria
Cerasuolo di Vittoria
Cerasuolo di Vittoria D.O.C.G.
60% Nero d’Avola 40% Frappato

noto

Planeta Santa Cecilia
Santa Cecilia
Noto D.O.C.
100% Nero d’Avola
allemanda
Allemanda
Sicilia Noto D.O.C.
100% Moscato Bianco
Planeta_Passito di Noto sa
Passito di Noto
Sicilia Noto D.O.C.
100% Moscato Bianco
Controdanza
Controdanza
Noto D.O.C.
85% Nero d’Avola, 15% Merlot

etna

Eruzione-1614-Nerello-Mascalese
Eruzione 1614 Nerello Mascalese
Sicilia D.O.C.
100% Nerello Mascalese
Eruzione-1614-Pinot-Nero-sa
Eruzione 1614 Pinot Nero
Terre Siciliane I.G.T.
100% Pinot Nero
Planeta-Brut-Metodo-Classico
Brut Metodo Classico
Sicilia D.O.C.
100% Carricante
Planeta Eruzione_ Riesling
Eruzione 1614 Riesling
Terre Siciliane I.G.T.
100% Riesling Renano
Eruzione-1614-Carricante
Eruzione 1614 Carricante
Sicilia D.O.C.
100% Carricante
Planeta Etna Bianco Doc
Etna Bianco Contrada Taccione
Etna D.O.C.
100% Carricante
Planeta Etna Rosso Doc
Etna Rosso
Etna D.O.C.
100% Nerello Mascalese

capo-milazzo

Planeta - Mamertino 2015 sa
Mamertino
Mamertino D.O.C.
60% Nero d’Avola, 40% Nocera
Nocera
Nocera
Sicilia D.O.C.
100% Nocera

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