Red wine

Cerasuolo di Vittoria

Robe — Bright cherry-red — the name means 'cherry-coloured'

  • red cherry
  • strawberry
  • rose
  • white pepper
  • herbs
Palate
Bright and fragrant, light-footed, gently structured
Ageing
3–10 years
Serving
14–16 °C

Sicily's only DOCG and one of its most charming reds, Cerasuolo di Vittoria blends the structure and dark fruit of Nero d'Avola with the perfume and lift of Frappato. The result is bright, fragrant and cherry-scented — the name itself means "cherry-coloured" — light on its feet yet gently structured.

Made on the sandy south-eastern corner of the island, and championed by a new wave of natural-leaning growers, it has become one of Sicily's most fashionable wines. It is the island's answer to a fresh, food-loving, medium-bodied red.

The blend

A typical modern composition

Where it is made

Producers

A few estates working in this style today — a sample, not a ranking

Through time

Indicative presence index, 0–100Origins & Antiquity — 5The Monastic Middle Ages — 20Exploration & the Fortified Age — 30Classifications & the Golden Age — 35Phylloxera & the World Crises — 35The Modern & New World Era — 65Antiquity5500150017001875195065