{"title":"Il Censo","description":"\u003cp\u003eHigh on a windswept rise near Palazzo Adriano, the village where Cinema Paradiso was filmed, sits an old Sicilian farm that grew grain and legumes for two centuries before anyone thought to plant vines. That came later, and it came with a famous Umbrian friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIl Censo is a 65-hectare estate in Bivona, in south-central Sicily, that has belonged to Gaetano Gargano's family, through his mother's Spoto line, for over 200 years. Gaetano, a Sicilian who spent much of his working life in banking in Rome, fell in love with the wines Giampiero Bea was making in Montefalco. With Bea's guidance he set about reviving the family land as a vineyard, with his wife Nicoletta as co-proprietor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/il-censo\"\u003eIl Censo producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"catarratto-praruar-il-censo-paolo-bea-sicily-italy-natural-wine","title":"Il Censo Catarratto Praruar 2017","description":"\u003cp\u003eIl Censo Praruar 2017 is produced by Gaetano and Nicoletta Gargano on their estate near Bivona, outside Palazzo Adriano in south-central Sicily, Italy. The wine is made exclusively from Catarratto grown organically on the estate. The grapes are hand-harvested and the wine is made in a non-interventionist style developed with Giampiero Bea, son of Paolo Bea. It is a skin-contact orange wine fermented with indigenous yeasts and bottled without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Il Censo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14082376335415,"sku":"CENSPRAU16C","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/catarratto-praruar-il-censo-paolo-bea-sicily-italy-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784582573"},{"product_id":"perricone-njuro-il-censo-paolo-bea-sicily-italy-natural-wine","title":"Il Censo Perricone Njuro 2015","description":"\u003cp\u003eIl Censo is a project started by Gaetano Gargano and his wife Nicoletta, in close cooperation with Giampiero Bea of Paolo Bea in Montefalco, Umbria. The estate is located in the hamlet of Bivona in southwest central Sicily, near the village of Palazzo Adriano. Njuro is produced exclusively from the Perricone grape, also known in local dialect as njuro cane, the black dog. The vineyards are farmed organically and grapes are harvested manually, usually in October.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Il Censo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14082654994487,"sku":"CENSNJUR15C","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/perricone-njuro-il-censo-paolo-bea-sicily-italy-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784582581"},{"product_id":"nero-davola-provvido-il-censo-paolo-bea-sicily-italy-natural-wine","title":"Il Censo Nero d'Avola Provvido 2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eProvvido is a red wine made by Il Censo, an estate of 65 hectares in Bivona in the south-central zone of Sicily near the town of Palazzo Adriano. The estate is owned by Gaetano and Nicoletta Gargano, whose family has held the property for over 200 years. Provvido is made entirely from Nero d'Avola grown at 650 meters altitude. Gaetano Gargano works with the guidance of Giampiero Bea and follows a non-interventionist approach with no added yeasts, no temperature stabilization, no fining or filtering, and a minimum of added sulfur dioxide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Il Censo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14082669510711,"sku":"CENSPROV16C","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/nero-davola-provvido-il-censo-paolo-bea-sicily-italy-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784582589"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/il-censo.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}