A brief history
The history of Duca di Salaparuta goes back almost 200 years and is the perfect combination of tradition and modernity.
In fact, Duca di Salaparuta is the company that has modernised Sicilian winemaking by creating Duca Enrico, the first bottled Nero d’Avola wine, and by contributing to its transition from bulk wine to bottled wine, in a trade segment that has ennobled the entire Sicilian production chain, offering economic and growth opportunities for the entire Sicilian winemaking industry. This growth goes back a long way, back to the days of the Alliata family, who was the first to leave Sicily to go and study oenology in France. It then sparked a radical change in the way Sicilian wine was conceived, which was thus imbued with elegance, sophistication and style.
Today, this spirit is still very much alive in the Duca di Salaparuta wines, in the genesis of a historic wine or in the creation of a new wine, focusing on the human factor: people who live in close, daily contact with the grapes, guiding their growth to the point where they become both a total expression of a territory and a materialisation of human vision. This approach to environmental sustainability starts with choosing the land that is naturally best suited to growing the chosen grape variety, which have good ventilation, are close to the sea and have a mild climate, so that less work is needed in the vineyard. The Duca di Salaparuta Estates – Suor Marchesa, Vajasindi and Risignolo – are managed through an integrated production system, which includes agronomic and phytosanitary practices that limit the choice of plant protection products and the number of treatments, and only allows mechanical weeding. The vineyard and its fruits are therefore treated with the utmost respect and can be appreciated in full in the wine glass, also due to the fact that the winery is managed in an equally sustainable way.
