Lamoresca, 'Elsa Rosso' 2021

Nerello Mascalese 60%, Frappato 20% and Nero d'Avola 20%. Organic Sicily, Italy “The idea is to produce a red wine with 3 different soil types (Clay, Sand, limestone) and 3 different grape varieties. 3 weeks of maceration on the skins, 1 year in concrete tanks, 2 years in the bottle .Production: 2000 bottles”. Filippo Rizzo and his wife Nancy met many years ago while Filippo owned and operated a small restaurant in Belgium. At that time Filippo was among the first to be talking about and serving natural wines anywhere outside of Paris. His family had ties to Sicily and he was truly passionate about the preservation of the land and the importance of additive free wine. After years in restaurants and retail Filippo decided to get back to the land the best way he knew how, become a winemaker. With a scant 11 hectare farm, 4 of which are under vine, Filippo and Nancy have built the tiny Lamoresca estate from the ground up. While reviving his own olive groves and vines, Filippo spent severa