Manene
Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG Classico
Nero d’Avola 60%, Frappato 40%
It all began with this wine. I gave it the name my son Emanuele used for himself as a child. Manene brings together Nero d’Avola and Frappato and tells the most personal side of my work: the return to the countryside, the first harvests, the wish to create something that would last. It is the Cerasuolo to start from if you want to get to know my winery.
Technical sheet
- Grapes
- Nero d’Avola 60%, Frappato 40%
- Yield per hectare
- 6 tonnes
- Winemaking
- 15–20 days of maceration in steel; part of the Nero d’Avola spends a short time in wood.
- Colour
- Deep cherry red
- Nose
- Fruity, with notes of cherry, pomegranate and berries
- Palate
- Fine tannic texture; elegant, refined and long
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Notes
- Organic · spontaneous fermentation · unfiltered
Food pairing
Roast red meat and sausages; an aged caciocavallo cheese.
Awards
- 2024
- 92 Kerin O’Keefe 202693 VinousBibenda 2027: 5 Grappoli
- 2022
- Bibenda 2025: 5 Grappoli91 James Suckling92 Vinous
- 2021
- 92 James Suckling92 Vinous
Earlier vintages
- 2020
- 92 James Suckling
- 2019
- 92 James Suckling
- 2017
- 92 Wine Enthusiast92 Vinous
- 2016
- 93 Vinous92 James Suckling
- 2015
- 92 James Suckling
- 2014
- 91 Vinous