{"product_id":"sinfonia-di-grillo-alessandro-viola-sicily-italy-natural-wine","title":"Sinfonia di Grillo 2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eSinfonia di Grillo is a skin-contact white wine from Alessandro Viola, made from 100% Grillo grown organically and biodynamically in the Alcamese hinterland of northwestern Sicily. The grapes come from Viola's Pietra Rinosa site near Alcamo, where clay soils at 200 meters are cooled by breezes off the Gulf of Castellammare. The wine is classified under Terre Siciliane IGT, which gives Viola the flexibility to farm and vinify without the constraints of stricter DOC rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinemaking here is strictly non-interventionist. Grapes are fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel, with six days of skin maceration before pressing. The wine then ages for seven months in old chestnut botti. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added sulfites. The label's designation \"non filtrato, macerato\" states exactly what is in the bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrillo is a Sicilian white grape with origins tied to Catarratto and Muscat of Alexandria. It is well-suited to the island's hot, dry summers and is historically associated with Marsala production. In Viola's hands, with extended skin contact and chestnut-barrel aging, it takes on an amber hue, a textured body, and a savory, oxidative edge that sets it apart from conventional Grillo expressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2016 vintage pours a deep, cloudy amber. Expect cinnamon, bruised apple, earth, and iron on the nose, with a palate of lemon, orange, and gooseberry underpinned by medium acidity and a mineral finish. This is a wine for drinkers who want something genuinely funky and place-driven, not a polished, fruit-forward white.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alessandro Viola","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13806377467959,"sku":"ALVISIGR16C","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/sinfonia-di-grillo-alessandro-viola-sicily-italy-natural-wine.jpg?v=1780664112","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/sinfonia-di-grillo-alessandro-viola-sicily-italy-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}