In the glass
Aroma: peach, almond, hazelnut, white flowers
Palate: stone fruit, nutty richness, mineral, long finish
Bianca di Valguarnera is Sicily's most celebrated Inzolia: Duca di Salaparuta's partial barrique treatment of the native grape produces a rich, nutty, mineral white with the depth to age several years.
What it pairs with
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Gamberi in pasta con pistacchio
Almond-nutty depth and stone-fruit richness complement prawn pasta with Sicilian pistachios. -
Pan-fried sole with almonds
The wine's almond character mirrors the nut-crusted fish in a natural aromatic echo. -
Aged Sicilian tuma cheese
Nutty mineral depth suits the mellow sharpness of fresh-to-aged tuma.
History
Bianca di Valguarnera was created in 1985 as the prestige white of Duca di Salaparuta, named for the Principessa Enrica Valguarnera di Niscemi and representing the first serious attempt to produce a barrique-aged Inzolia in Sicily. It remains Sicily's benchmark single-varietal Inzolia.
- 1985 — First Bianca di Valguarnera; first barrique-aged Inzolia in Sicily
Facts
- Producer
- Duca di Salaparuta (Corvo)
- Grapes
- Inzolia (100%)
- Classification
- Sicilia DOC
- Oak
- Fermented and aged partially in French barriques on lees, 8 months
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 22-32 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3-8 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1985