Cantine Cellaro Luma Nero D'Avola Sicilia IGT 2023

94 POINTS: Wine Direct Tasting Team

"Love this! This Nero d’Avola is a rich and generous wine, deep red in color and character. It is intense and harmonious with ripe plummy fruits and spicy aromas.  A great exmaple that Nero d'Avola is not just a value BBQ wine.... this is serious!"

Cantine Cellaro, in southern Sicily, is part of the Fantini group, founded by Valentino Sciotti in 1994 to produce top-quality wine from southern Italy. In 2005, Valentino and his and Sicilian winemaker Giuseppe Alfano Burruano planted their own vineyards on the hills around Lake Arancio, in Sambuca di Sicilia. Here, the untouched landscape boasts many ancient vineyards and proximity to the lake creates a perfect microclimate for grape growing. Their vines are planted at 400 metres above sea level on clay soils with good water retention capacity, which helps sustain the vines through Sicily’s hot summers. Today, these vines continue to flourish, lending themselves to attractive, characterful and moist importantly drinkable wines.

14% ABV