Giuseppe Cipolla, Le Robbe, 2024 CHAMPCT0612 while the finish is long

while the finish is long and refreshing

this 100% Jacquère delivers bright citrus and green apple notes with a distinctive mineral edge from the region's limestone and glacial soils

and a whisper of sea breeze

and aging in old large-format wood

artisanal touch

Giuseppe Cipolla, Le Robbe, 2024 CHAMPCT0612 while the finish is longGiuseppe Cipolla might just be Sicily's next superstar grower, working a family farm in Contrada Passofonduto near Agrigento, where old salt and sulfur mines left the soils marked with gypsum, halite, and chalk. Le Robbe means "the goods" in southern dialect, and it delivers: Nero d'Avola with about 15% local white varieties, from dark clay limestone and a parcel of ancient alberello vines, some over 230 years old. Short maceration, neutral barrels,