Feudo Montoni. Grillo Vigna della Timpa

Sicilia DOC
Grape: Grillo

Green apple and mango, leesy baked fruit and jasmine aromas, intense bitter lime and kiwi flavours; a wine with power and freshness.  13% 

Timpa is the name of the vineyard; it is on an east-facing slope at 700m.  The slope is steep, and the soils are sandy, the vines are Guyot trained at 4400 plants per hectare, their average age is 30 years old.
The grapes are hand-picked and de-stemmed; a quarter of which is fermented on the skins, using wild yeasts.  After fermentation the wine is kept on the lees for 6 months in cement tanks, with regular bâtonnage.

90 - Vinous, Antonio Galloni