2024 Mortellito 'Cala Iancu' Bianco Terre Siciliane IGT

A vibrant, mineral-driven Sicilian white wine blend (typically ~90% Grillo, 10% Catarratto) known for its intense salinity and fresh coastal character. It features aromatic notes of citrus, white flowers, and sea spray, with a palate of lemon, peach, and crisp, stony minerality.  Ideal for seafood, grilled fish, shellfish, salads, and light appetizers.

Mortellito [MORT-el-li-to] is in the Val di Noto, in the corner of Sicily that lies at the same latitudes as North Africa’s arid desert climate. Its vineyards are a few kilometers from the coast, abandoned and still working fishing ports dot the landscape. 

Dario Serrentino has always enjoyed the contrasts of this coastal growing area, which he calls ‘a desert next to the beach.’ Despite the harsh climate, the pure limestone sand soils help make the wines elegant and bright.

Dario changed careers from  social worker and part-time farmer to full-time vignaiolo with his first bottling in 2014. There’s never been any chemical interventions in the vineyards, and there’s an intentional hands-off approach in the cellar, with a minimum of sulfur added at bottling.