“MAGICO ARIDDU 2017 IGP”, CHANGE THE LABEL, NOT THE SUBSTANCE!

In compliance with the DOC Sicilia, the Grillo denomination has been removed.

Fabio Ferracane: “The quality of the product always remains!”

There are 5312 bottles of “Magico Ariddu 2017 Igp” bottled this year by the Fabio Ferracane Agricultural Company. From this year, the labels of the bottles of wine produced from Grillo grapes present an important novelty in compliance with the new regulations of the Doc Sicilia. In fact, the denomination “Grillo” has been removed. “ My wines have always been classified under the denomination Igp, Protected Geographical Indication ,” explains the winemaker Fabio Ferracane, “ and at the moment I have decided not to include the wines produced from Grillo and Nero d'Avola grapes in the scope of the new Doc Sicilia regulations. I have therefore decided, in compliance first of all with the laws on the matter, to change the denomination on the label. ”

No changes, however, regarding the quality of the product. “ The Magical “Ariddu” 2017 is always a fresh and savory wine at the same time thanks to the proximity of the vineyards to the Marsala salt flats with a full 48 hours of maceration at room temperature – Fabio specifies – which allow the spontaneous fermentation of the must. The 2017 harvest of the Grillo grapes was brought forward to the first ten days of August due to the intense heat that gave the grapes a more golden color. The result was a product with a deeper straw yellow color, almost tending towards orange.”

The “Magico Ariddu 2017” therefore does not change the substance of a product that remains among the top of the range of the Fabio Ferracane Agricultural Company, a product that last year was practically sold out in the space of a few months and that this year too, at the beginning of sales, is promising excellent results.

Marcello Scarpitta

Press Office