Wine Type | Light white wines |
Denomination | Sicilia Doc Grillo |
Region | Sicily |
Year | 2019 |
Grape Variety | Grillo |
Aromas | Fruity Aromas, Floral Aromas, Candied fruit |
Ageing potential | Drink young |
Serving temperature | 10°C-12*C |
SurSur, a fresh and informal Grillo with a youthful spirit. Brilliant straw yellow, it offers a fragrant bouquet of white peach and wildflowers. A soft palate, the fruity notes return combined with pleasant freshness.
Art&Wine: Grillo is an ancient autochthonous Sicilian grape variety, but it is also a cute little animal (the cricket) that brings good luck. The name sur sur, that means cricket, comes from the classical Arabic language which was once also spoken in Sicily.
The voice of spring, with its scents and colors, is depicted on the label. It shows Gabriella (founder of Donnafugata, with her husband Giacomo) as a girl in flight, running barefoot through the flowers and fresh grass, following the singing of crickets that sounds sweet to her ears, like a thousand “SurSur… ".
Excellent at 9 - 11°C/48 - 51°F°
Founded in 1983 by Giacomo and Gabriella Rallo, a family with over 160 years of experience in quality wine. Today, their daughter José and son Antonio guide Donnafugata winery to excellence.