Cantina Paolini

“Sicilien is ...”, is the beginning of the story of foreign visitors when they talk about Sicily. It is seen like this, as a symphony of colors that captivates the rest of the world. Sicilien is the triumph of the red of the golden yellow sun-kissed terroirs, Sicilien has boundless beauties wrapped in the blue sea. An island that is also hills, valleys and plains where the best grapes with which we produce Sicilien wines have grown for years.

During the Spanish domination a Count traveled through Sicily reaching Matarocco, a cluster of dense houses crossed by a winding road dating back to three centuries ago and famous for the culinary specialties of ancient origins from which he was delighted. Since then, his commitment was to pass on to the new generations the recipe par excellence of that unique place: the Matarocco, a typical peasant dish of tomatoes known only in Marsala used as a condiment for pasta and bruschetta and that the housewives of the past still prepare today according to tradition. This is a line dedicated to the meeting of the Count and Matarocco created to celebrate the best Sicilian cultivars, Grillo, Inzolia, Grecanico, Alcamo bianco, Nero d'Avola, Frappato, Syrah.

This street has an ancient and aristocratic feel to it. Its history has distant roots, the origin of its name dates back to an illustrious Milanese family of 113 AD who fled during the second crusade in Burgundy and Sicily. Zizza brings together the ancient roots of the noble family in the mosaic of wines both of French origin, Chardonnay, and of Sicilian origin, Inzolia, Grillo, Frappato, Nerello Mascalese and Nero d'Avola.

They are Mediterranean wines that contain the essence of Sicily. The marked minerality of the rocks of the Etna terroir, the elegance and mystery of the origins of the native vineyards, the bewitching scent of apricot and zàgara. Sensations that envelop the island, Special like our Etna DOC, Nerello Mascalese and Zibibbo Secco.

“Sicilien is ...”, is the beginning of the story of foreign visitors when they talk about Sicily. It is seen like this, as a symphony of colors that captivates the rest of the world. Sicilien is the triumph of the red of the golden yellow sun-kissed terroirs, Sicilien has boundless beauties wrapped in the blue sea. An island that is also hills, valleys and plains where the best grapes with which we produce Sicilien wines have grown for years.