Mortellito Terre Siciliane Bianco Cala Iancu 2023 Esthers This is the serious end

This is the serious end of South African Pinot

and the consistency is genuinely impressive

which is definitely Pinot country

the frivolity reveals itself as levity

and it shows in the wine: bright red fruit

Mortellito Terre Siciliane Bianco Cala Iancu 2023 Esthers This is the serious endDario Serrentino farms in the Val di Noto, the southeastern corner of Sicily that sits at roughly the same latitude as North Africa: chalky limestone, relentless sun, and the Ionian Sea a few kilometers off. Cala Iancu is his white mostly Grillo with a bit of Catarratto, given a single night on the skins, fermented spontaneously in steel, and bottled with barely any sulfur. It tastes like the place it comes from: citrus, sea spray, white flowers and a