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Is a synthesis of the Tenuta’s philosophy, expressing with its strong personality the uniqueness of the area. The selection of the grapes from the most celebrated vine parcels, the vinification techniques which enhance its typicity and the prestigious bottle with the relief of the ancient noble coat of arms of the Bernard de la Gatinais family make Conte Hugues the symbolic wine of Rapitalà.

Light straw yellow wine with greenish tints. The aroma is fresh and vegetable, with notes of broom and salt. The taste is fresh, lively and agreeable.

A pure, powerful merlot, Grammonte is full bodied with a persistent aftertaste. Dark, dense, ruby-red, with a refined flavour. With scents of ripe red fruit, morello cherries, black cherries and prunes, as well as floral notes, blended with some mineral nuances, graphite, tobacco and vanilla.

Cottanera have created a blend with 15% of international varieties (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot), which definitely adds fruit and richness to this easy-going cuvee. The fruit is leathery, backed up by taut tannins, and there's an enticing spicy, vegetal note to the nose. Barrique aging has been well judged to round out the palate, without dominating it.

A good intensive rubin colour, Nume has clean perfumes of brushwood, blackberries, currant, that are woven with notes of chocolate and tobacco above a deep coolness of grasses.

Hugonis with its powerful and austere style is the most prized product of the Tenuta. The seal of Hugonis Bernardi - a knight in armour with two lions - which appears on the label, is the coat-of-arms of the family of Hugues Bernard de la Gatinais

Catarratto and chardonnay grapes give this wine fresh Mediterranean scents and a savoury, elegant flavour with a typical hint of bitter almonds. Piano Maltese is the heart of the Tenuta Rapitalà, gentle hills at between 300 and 600 metres altitude, which, because of their history, terrain and climate endow wines with a special character. 

A document of 1340 chronicles a dispute before the royal, court concerning the possession of a particularly sought after fief in the district of "Casalj Rabitallavi”. This was the ancient name of Tenuta Rapitalà. Vigna Casalj di Rapitalà is a Sicilian white wine made from Catarratto grapes, with clear Mediterranean references of sage, tomato leaf and capers. The terroir gives it freshness and minerality.

Some rain during the early part of 2003 restored the soil’s water reserves. The flowering and the setting followed their normal course. The summer was very hot and dry, but growth developed steadily. The vines, for long periods close to stress conditions, acquired a rich reserve of polyphenols enhanced by a sunny and airy August which enabled them to reach full phenolic maturation.

The nero d'Avola vinified on its own gives this wine an exciting red colour, an aroma of ripe fruit and a typical, deep, balanced flavour.

The vineyards where we select the grapes for the production of Nuhar (flower in Arabic) are cultivated at the heart of the mountain which overlooks the Tenuta and from which rises the river “Rabidh Allah". 

The 100% nero d’Avola gives this wine an exciting red colour, an aroma of ripe fruit and a typical, deep, balanced flavour. Piano Maltese is the heart of the Tenuta Rapitalà, gentle hills of between 300 and 600 metres altitude, which, because of their history, terrain and climate endow wines with a special character. 

Within Tenuta Rapitalà, at about 400 metres above sea level, there is some land where dark clay alternates with tufaceous sand. It is here that is nurtured the unmistakeable character of the Syrah, from the grapes of which is born Nadir, the opposite of Zenith. A wine which takes its name from the Arab Nazir meaning deep, rare, precious.

The terroir and the vineyard: this wine developed from a project which had as its objective the extraction of the maximum expression of terroir in terms of the intensity of the organoleptic characteristics present in the wine.

Barbazzale Etna Rosso DOC - Cantina Cottanera
Among the red wines of Etna we offer Barbazzale from the Cottanera winery. Produced in the Castiglione di Sicilia area, on the northern slope of Etna, from native Nerello Mascalese grapes with a small percentage of Nerello Cappuccio, Barbazzale Rosso is a wine with mineral nuances, pleasantly fresh and with good acidity. Perfect to accompany an excellent pizza.

L'Ardenza Mondeuse Sicilia DOC - Cottanera
Discover one of the most particular wines of the Cottanera winery: L'Ardenza. Produced in Castiglione di Sicilia, on the northern slope of Etna, L'Ardenza comes from 100% Mondeuse grapes. A red wine that fascinates and excites with its rich bouquet.

Syrah Sole di Sesta - Cottanera winery
Ruby red in color with violet reflections, Syrah Sole di Sesta has notes of red fruit in good synergy with a fresh Mediterranean nuance and a base where spicy notes of chocolate and black pepper stand out. Produced in Castiglione di Sicilia, on the northern slope of Etna, Sole di Sesta is a warm and sunny Sicilian red wine with mineral finesse that is typical of volcanic soil.

Etna Rosso DOC Contrada Diciassettesalme - Cottanera
Etna Rosso Contrada Diciassettesalme is one of the crus of the Cottanera winery. Produced in Castiglione di Sicilia in the vineyards of the Diciassettesalme district, from 100% native Nerello Mascalese grapes, it is a red wine of great structure and complexity, with a rich bouquet in fruity, herbaceous and mineral notes and with a slightly balsamic finish.

Etna Rosso DOC Contrada Feudo di Mezzo - Cottanera
The Etna Rosso Contrada Feudo di Mezzo is one of the cru wines of the Cottanera winery. Produced in Castiglione di Sicilia in the vineyards of the Feudo di Mezzo district, from 100% native Nerello Mascalese grapes, it is a red wine of extraordinary finesse and elegance and of great longevity confirmed by the long and persistent finish.

Etna Bianco DOC Contrada Calderara - Cottanera
Obtained from 100% Carricante grapes, Contrada Calderara is the Etna Bianco from the Cottanera winery. Produced in Castiglione di Sicilia in the vineyards of Contrada Calderara, it is a complex white wine, with a marked minerality and destined for longevity.