In Sicily this Baglio has produced wine since 1469 • Food and Wine Italia

Emerald colored vineyards surrounded by the gold golden golden grain generate grapes that slowly mature pending the late month of October, a period quanto a which they are collected to start “the wine journey”. It is an ancient story that of Feudo Montoni who begins quanto a 1469. We are quanto a the heart of Sicily, quanto a one of the most emblematic places to understand the wine wealth and the agricultural tradition of the region.

Feudo Montoni has very ancient origins, which date back to the medieval period and is quanto a a strategic position that combines altitude, exposure and climate ideal for the cultivation of the vine. The Sireci family, current owner, inherited this heritage and transformed it into a point of reference for the production of high quality wines, respecting ancient traditions and, at the same time, introducing modern and sustainable practices. Today the farm is led by Fabio Sireci and his wife Muller who, from America, moved to the island after publishing a book acceso Sicilian cuisine.

History

It is at the behest of the noble Aragonese family Abellis (the same who built Abelstellis quanto a Palermo, since 1954 headquarters of the Regional Gallery of Sicily) which were built quanto a 1469 the still existing walls and, from the nineteenth century, inhabited by the Sireci family who continues The ancient tradition of production of wines, wheat, lentils, chickpeas and oil. The vocation of the territory was told quanto a the De Naturali Vinorum Historia of 1595 by Andrea Bacci, agronomist and doctor of Pope Sixtus V who, quanto a what is considered the first Italian wine treaty, praised the quality viticulture of these lands.

«We are honored to be able to and work quanto a this place that hosts us – specifies Fabio Sireci – a centuries -old story that chases a present of passion, vision and sweat. For centuries my family has donated all its energy to the land of Montoni ».

Montoni island

Land soaked quanto a roots that sink into the bowels of a Sicily full of light and that for the altitude enjoys fresh summer evenings: «The land of Montoni creates, guards and loves. It is a real “island island” – underlines Fabio Sireci -. The moment of the harvest is always the most exciting: a journey is made with the responsibility of being able to tell 600 collections of grapes kept quanto a the cellars of the Ispan Baglio ». Here, as Fabio says, everything moves quanto a the direction of listening to nature, a severe and good mother who always creates perfect balance conditions that only if supported and respected can be prelude to great products.

The fiefdom extends over about 80 hectares (of which 40 are vital) located at an altitude between 500 and 700 meters above sea level. With this position it guarantees a unique microclimate, characterized by strong thermal excursions between the day and night that favor a slow and uniform maturation of the grapes. addition to the vineyard, the grain has been cultivated quanto a Montoni since Roman times, a practice that has contributed over the centuries to a “natural isolation” of the vineyards of Montoni, creating a microcosm quanto a itself.

The massive selection

It is a technique of reproduction of the screws with the traditional method of offshoot of the year, which aims to preserve their genetic variability with the aim of keeping intact the distinctive features of the vineyard and its intimate relationship with the territory, nothing Nurseries other the only autochthonous varieties that are raised (Catarratto, Capriccio, Inzolia, Da lutto d’Avola, Nerello Mascalese and Perricone) are still distinguished by descriptors and unique characters. Montoni we with the rhythms of nature and every variety is cultivated with methods that respect the environment, following the principles of biological agriculture.

The prefilossera vineyard

The most historical vineyard is undoubtedly the one from which Vrucara was born, which is also among the oldest quanto a the world. Its name indicates the Cru from which the grape of Da lutto d’Avola comes with almost bicentenary screws. The original plant is traced already at the end of the sixteenth century, testifying to the “sacredness” of the place and local viticulture. The name of the vineyard derives from the “Vruca” present, that is, from the bush that spontaneously grows around the vineyard and which gives the wine a menthol hint, mixed with incense oil.